Whistle And A Grin

verse 1 I’m what you’d call a bettin’ man And I live from pay to pay I’m a high card stud of mongrel blood And a zero on the day Well I’m no sage nor soothsayer nor arbiter of truth I’m high on risk and low on temper And long in the tooth I’m wide awake on the losing end of it Better check my pride and take it on the chin With a Whistle and a Grin With a Whistle and a Grin Interlude 1 verse 2 A buxom belle with a surefire tell Was barking up my tree I couldn’t take her money She was making eyes at me Oh so fine with a low neck line Reckless fast and loose She giggled as she drew me in And tightened up the noose, yeah she tightened up the noose I’m wide awake on the losing end of it Better check my pride and take it on the chin With a Whistle and a Grin With a Whistle and a Grin Interlude 2 - (This is essentially the same as Interlude 1, only with key changed to A and in the end going back to D.) verse 3 I used the brain between my legs Threw in the kitchen sink That painted up bamboozler left me staring in my drink To plumb the depths inside my head but I can't seem to find The morale of the story or a little piece of mind Just a little piece of mind I’m wide awake on the losing end of it Better check my pride and take it on the chin With a Whistle and a Grin With a Whistle and a Grin With a Whistle and a Grin With a Whistle and a Grin Outro (same as Interlude 1, except the ending)