Eric Woolfson - Green Light Means Danger lyrics

In a place where the sun has forgotten to shine And the moon has forgotten to rise Where the faces are grey and they live just to play And you won't see a light in their eyes And the east could be west and the north could be south And you can't tell your left from your right But disaster is only a heartbeat away And it's cold in the heat of the night In a land where the sun has forgotten to shine And the rain never falls, but it pours Where the game never ends and they don't ever close (So) they don't need a lock on the doors And there isn't a window, you can't see the sky (And) you won't see a clock on the wall But they come here for fortune They come here for fame And they end up by losing it all Green light means danger Don't stand too close to the fire You'll burn your fingers While you're fulfilling your every desire Luck is a stranger With teeth as sharp as a knife Green light means danger Red light means you'd better run for your life So the wheelmen spin and the cardmen deal And the dice come tumb-a-ling down And the wine so free and the light so bright That you can't put your feet on the ground And the dealers joke as a clown goes broke Cause he just couldn't take anymore And they count up the tips And the rake in the chips As another one walks in the door Green light means danger Don't fly too close to the sun Amber means warning That every chance is a million to one Luck is a stranger With teeth as sharp as a knife Green light means danger Red light means you'd better run for your life There's a place in the desert that lies to the west Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise And not all the king's horses and all the king's men Have prevented the fall of the unwise And we think it would make our lives easier For God knows up till now it's been hard But the game never ends When your whole world depends On the turn of a friendly card In the twilight gloom of a boomtown room Is a gambler with holes in his shoes For he once had a home and he once had a wife Now he is broke and there's no more to lose But he dreamed in his dreams of a golden key But it left him with nowhere to go For he lost his head, bet it all on the red As the black came up ten in a row Though he tried to leave when he had the chance And he stood up and walked out the door And he waved goodbye, taking all he'd won But they knew he would come back for more For the lights and the wine are the hook and a/the line And the fish never seem to get wise And the spider who's patiently spinning her web Can be certain of catching some flies Green light means danger Don't stand too close to the fire You'll burn your fingers While you're fulfilling your every desire Luck is a stranger With teeth as sharp as a knife Green light means danger Red light means you'd better run for your life So the icemen pay, and the stonemen play And the dicemen tumble and fall And the wheelmen spin, and the cardmen deal And the eye in the sky sees it all And your mind spins round as the chips go down And you can't put your feet on the ground And the dealers joke, as a clown goes broke But the world keeps turning around Green light means danger Don't fly too close to the sun Amber means warning That every chance is a million to one Luck is a stranger With teeth as sharp as a knife Green light means danger Red light means you'd better run for your life There are unsmiling faces in fetters and chains On a wheel in perpetual motion And we follow the races and play all the games With no show of an outward emotion And we think it will make our lives easier For God knows up till now it's been hard But the game never ends When your whole world depends On the turn of a friendly card No, the game never ends When your whole world depends On the turn Of a friendly Green light means danger Don't stand too close to the fire You'll burn your fingers While you're fulfilling your every desire Luck is a stranger With teeth as sharp as a knife Green light means danger Red light means You'd better run You'd better run You'd better run for your life