you burn the ground to hold your position 
you ran away if I came too close 
you kept track of balance and pressure 
all the dreams and desires 
I want some more 

red 
black 
green for the jackpot 

take you down 
I want to take you down 
I want to take you down with me 

we had the motion we had the grace 
we had a sense of time and place 
we wrote [bad word] we played the game 
and it would never be the same 
it was the beauty while we played 
we played to win but no one did 
we grew old we moved ahead 
from dance hall days for higher stakes 

you spun the wheel to keep my attention 
you danced away if I missed a beat 
you were queen of present and future 

I was king and cavalier 

on our tour de force