Alan Merrill Lyrics
"Numbers"

Numbers- Words & Music Alan Merrill

When I come up to confusion
As I go on down the road
When I get so disillusioned
At how it all unfolds
I've had my expectations
Spit out upon the street
And the legal complications
To make it all complete

Who's running the numbers
Who's a gambling man
Who's running the numbers
And who holds the winning hand?

By the way I try retaining
Everything that's sane to me
By it slipping through my fingers
Like the sand tossed by the sea
If I ever tried pretending
There was something to believe in

If it's like I think it is
Then it's still a mystery
Who's running the numbers
Who's a gambling man
Who's running the numbers
And who holds the winning hand?

Did you believe
In your heart of hearts
That you'd reach that perfect round conclusion
Did you believe
When the music starts
That you'd dance
To that distant bright illusion
Who's running the numbers
Who's a gambling man
Who's running the numbers
And who holds the winning hand?