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A Numbers Game

from Next Time Around by The Rick Parnell Band

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A Numbers Game
Rick Parnell

Highway 17 or 41
Colt 45 vs a tommy gun
Sweet 16 turning 21
Day at the beach or a midnight run

Smoke that cigarette and roll the dice
count the money - count it twice
if I had nickel for each bit of bad advice
Give it away to make things right

Cause I'm without you in this numbers game
Each mile seems more insane

snakes and ladders or a roulette wheel
old friends and lovers - no time to steal
TV channels without sex appeal
the price is right, let's make a deal

Without you in a numbers game

Rented room and a rental car
Tiny bottles in a hotel bar
Would you rather be rich or be a star
Either way it's a numbers game

(guitar solo)

Without you in a numbers game
Count the miles driving me insane


The fresh face in your mirror
The things you say when you want me nearer
Makes me ask "what am I doing here?"
Another shot to deny my fear

Fall leaves in a swimming pool
making music with power tools
living what I never learned in school
count myself on this ship of fools

It's a numbers game
Each mile gets more inane

Stuck without you in a numbers game
Count the miles driving me insane

(guitar solo)

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from Next Time Around, released December 20, 2012

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Rick Parnell Vancouver, British Columbia

Rick Parnell is an original voice, with intriguing lyrics in the tradition of Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Donovan, with some Lennon, Nillson, Harrison and even Johnny Cash mixed in for good measure. Inspired by these musical heroes, Rick’s own music is textured and nuanced, blending a mid-lifetime’s experience with a youthful, poetic soul. ... more

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