The Wheel

Captain weighed the anchor

Head out from the shore

Say goodbye to Tampa

He don't live there anymore

Floated up the Gulf Coast

Straight to New Orleans

Sinning on a riverboat

And living low and mean

Felt he had a sure thing

And put it all on red

But that demon wheel kept spinning

And bad luck struck again

So he begged and borrowed, broke and stole

Just to give it one more try

But that hole, it is a deep one

Once you fall down inside

Now he's begging for a blessing

From some city on a hill

He ain't really tried to change much

I guess he never will

See him crawl back up the gangway

And spy an old familiar friend

The Devil promising salvation

If he just spins the wheel again

The Devil promising salvation

If he just spins the wheel again

Well, he can't run home to Mama

And Daddy's in the grave

Had a hallmark family once

And he threw 'em all away

All the paper in his pockets

And the silver in his shoes

Carry him back to the table

Like a hangman to the noose

Now he's begging for a blessing

From some city on a hill

He ain't really tried to change much

I guess he never will

See him crawl back up the gangway

And spy an old familiar friend

The Devil promising salvation

If he just spins the wheel again

The Devil promising salvation

If he just spins the wheel again

Captain weighed the anchor

Head out from the shore

Say goodbye to Tampa

He don't live there anymore