"Casablanca (Rags And Riches)" lyrics

"Casablanca (Rags And Riches)"

In a first class compartment
Nine fingers heavy with greed
Traveling light incognito
The undertakers of need

The rags and the riches
Writing on the wall
You can read it in the Bible
For better for worse
There's no second chance
Your first mistake is final

Traffic jam in the city
The silent neat everywhere
Rendezvous in the dockside
A smell of rats in the air

The rags and the riches
Writing on the wall
You can read it in the Bible
For better for worse
There's no second chance
Your first mistake is final

Bull and bear in the market
Their gold and silver doth shine
Shots ring out the shadows
A sleeping partner in crime

The rags and the riches
Writing on the wall
You can read it in the Bible
For better for worse
There's no second chance
Your first mistake is final

A divisible fortune
The family gathered in grief
Fingers crossing in pockets
A superstitious belief

The rags and the riches
Writing on the wall
You can read it in the Bible
For better for worse
There's no second chance
Your first mistake is final


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