Bruce Springsteen - Roulette Lyrics






We left the toys out in the yard
I took my wife and kids and left my home unguarded
We packed what we could into the car
No one here knows how it started
Suddenly everything was just so out of control
Now I want some answers, mister, I need to know
I hear all the talk but I don't know what you're sayin'
But I think I got a good idea of the game that you're playin'

Roulette, that's the name
Roulette, that's the game now
Roulette, I don't know what they're sayin'
Roulette, everybody's playin'

I grew up here on this street
Where nothin' moves, just a strange breeze
In a town full of worthless memories
There's a shadow in my backyard
I've got a house full of things that I can't touch
Well all those things won't do me much good now
I was a fireman out at Riker's, I did my job
Mister, I've been cheated, I feel like I've been robbed
I'm the big expendable, my life's just canceled null and void
Well what you gonna do about your new boy

Roulette, you're playin' with my life
Roulette, with my kids and my wife
Roulette, every day the stakes get bigger
Roulette, a different finger on the trigger

Down by the river that talks
The night speaks in searchlights
And shortwave radios squawk
The police patrol the streets
But I've left behind the man I used to be
Everything he believed and all that belonged to me
I tried to find my way out to somewhere where I thought it'd be safe
They stopped me at the roadblock they put up on the interstate
They put me in detention but I broke loose and then I ran
They said they want to ask me a few questions but I think they had other plans
Now I don't know who to trust and I don't know what I can believe
They say they want to help me but with the stuff they keep on sayin'
I think those guys just wanna keep on playin'

Roulette, with my life
Roulette, with my kids and my wife
Roulette, the bullet's in the chamber
Roulette, who's the unlucky stranger
Roulette, surprise, you're dead
Roulette, the gun's to your head
Roulette, the bullet's spinning in the chamber
Roulette, pull the trigger, feel the click
No further danger





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  1. Z.... T....

    Que viva el Boss!

  2. A.... A....

    Tweet to Nils 2 weeks before Leeds show " if you happen to see Bruce can you please ask him to open with Roulette "

  3. R.... B....

    40 years ago........ the event that created this song happened

  4. b.... ....

    Vaguely reminds me of Shot by Both Sides by Magazine.

    b.... ....

    Just the intro, the rest is nothing like it.

  5. P.... L....

    Dramatic, clever opening that then proceeds through to a dramatic, matching closure. And in the process solving the problem of how to start and how to end. That's artistry.

  6. M.... ....

    Very underrated track from the Boss!

  7. J.... B....

    "Ohio", "Ignoreland", "Sunday Bloody Sunday", "Jimmy Sharman's Boxers" & this song are adrenaline shots directly to the heart of righteous anger. This is one my 10 favorite Springsteen songs.

  8. M.... R....

    he finally did it in Milano last night. Thank You Bruce!

  9. H.... M....

    I love this song a true Bruce Springsteen song that puts you in a concert show even just listening from cd or such,same energy this song has is how his concert is. I never get tired listening over and over thank you Bruce Springsteen 😊😀☺

  10. g.... ....

    Best Boss song!

  11. j.... ....

    Opened the now legendary Leeds arena show last July with this great rocker

  12. F.... ....

    Depends which album you're talking about. Have to remember the guy threw out an entire LP of the more rockin' tracks from those sessions, The Ties That Bind. For whatever reason, this one didn't fit what he was trying to convey with the LP that eventually became The River.

  13. N.... C....

    cool song!

  14. N.... C....

    I love this song...

  15. g.... ....

    Classic Bruce. Maybe his best ever.

  16. d.... ....

    i couldnt agree more with your comment john.. ive had the honor and privilege of seeing him live 6 times and everytime its so surreal

  17. s.... ....

    On this day in 1979 {March 28th} In Pennsylvania at Three Island a nuclear reactor overheated and experienced a partial meltdown...

  18. e.... ....

    Heard this tune for the first time yesterday on XM, AMAZING tune should have been on the Rover

  19. e.... ....

    Heard this tune for the first ti

  20. K.... B....

    so awsome, this should of been on an album

  21. T.... ....

    suddenly things were just so out of control....

  22. v.... s....

    a town full of worthless memories...

  23. T.... ....

    we left the toys out in the yard....
    living this now....

  24. J.... H....

    @kerofan101 For Pete's sake, don't see him live. Think you're addicted now? It's be like meth, cocaine, and heroin, at the same time. You'll need Springsteen detox to get off him, if you ever do.

  25. m.... m....

    its awesome!!! pure awesomeness!!!
    ~kero fan 101 ^_^

    p.s im addicted to this guy now! thanks alot >:)