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December 19, 2005
Monday Music (The Anti-ID Anthem)

Posted by Bill

Rush: Roll the Bones (Live)

Showcases the best digitized Canadian pseudo-rap ever utilized in a rock song.

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Are the lyrics on a lyric site somewhere? I couldn't make them out.

Posted by: Kathleen at December 19, 2005 04:13 PM

Well, you can stake that claim
Good work is the key to good fortune
Winners take that praise
Losers seldom take that blame
If they don't take that game
And sometimes the winner takes nothing
We draw our own designs
But fortune has to make that frame

We go out in the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That's the way that lady luck dances
Roll the bones

Why are we here?
Because we're here
Roll the bones
Why does it happen?
Because it happens
Roll the bones

Faith is cold as ice
Why are little ones born only to suffer
For the want of immunity
Or a bowl of rice?
Well, who would hold a price
On the heads of the innocent children
If there's some immortal power
To control the dice?

We come into the world and take our chances
Fate is just the weight of circumstances
That's the way that lady luck dances
Roll the bones

Jack -- relax.
Get busy with the facts.
No zodiacs or almanacs,
No maniacs in polyester slacks.
Just the facts.
Gonna kick some gluteus max.
It's a parallax -- you dig?
You move around
The small gets big. It's a rig
It's action -- reaction
Random interaction.
So who's afraid
Of a little abstraction?
Can't get no satisfaction
From the facts?
You better run, homeboy
A fact's a fact
From Nome to Rome, boy.

What's the deal? Spin the wheel.
If the dice are hot -- take a shot.
Play your cards. Show us what you got
What you're holding.
If the cards are cold,
Don't go folding.
Lady Luck is golden;
She favours the bold. That's cold
Stop throwing stones
The night has a thousand saxophones. So get out there and rock,
And roll the bones.
Get busy!

Roll the bones

Why are we here?
Because we're here
Roll the bones
Why does it happen?
Because it happens
Roll the bones

Posted by: Bill from INDC at December 19, 2005 04:16 PM

The night has a thousand saxophones...

Wow! I would've figured couple hundred, maybe, tops.

Posted by: B Moe at December 19, 2005 07:45 PM

One of my kids' favorite Rush songs, because of the rapping skeleton.

Good song, too. (Great lyrics).

Posted by: JohnL at December 19, 2005 10:41 PM

Hmmmmm, why am I not shocked that Rush would be popular among a bunch of libertarian-leaning folks? :)

Don't interpret that as a knock, either. Rush pretty much saved my sanity in the early 80's, as they were one of the few listenable bands that you could convince anyone play at the rec room in college. The occasional Rush (and AC/DC) song was a good antidote to Donna Summers, Bee Gees, Loverboy, etc., etc, etc. that was getting most of the air-play.

Posted by: Terry at December 20, 2005 01:26 PM

While a fun song, I'm afraid it might throw some over into the camp that thinks Rush isn't the single most brilliant musical mixture ever formulated.

I'd hate for that to happen.

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