Love is a Gamble

[Verse 1] (Slow, echoing electric guitar picking) I bought the lock, I built the door I laid the pine down on the floor I gave you every drop I had To keep the good and block the bad But I watch you looking at the sky With that distant highway in your eye And I realize with a heavy heart I can’t tie together what wants to part. [Pre-Chorus] (Bass and slow drums enter) I used to think my hands were strong I used to think I could do no wrong But a bird don’t sing just 'cause it’s caught And love ain't something that is bought. [Chorus] (Vocals rise, gritty and emotional) No matter what a good man does You can't hold on to what just "was" There’s a risk in every morning sun That today’s the day she’s gonna run I learned the hardest truth as I wept... A woman only stays if she wants to be kept. Yeah, she only stays if she wants to be kept. [Verse 2] (Instrumental drops back slightly, intimate) I could build a castle, forge a chain But it wouldn't stop the pouring rain You got your own mind, your own two feet You could walk away down any street And that’s the gamble of the ring You don't own the heart of anything I can lay the world down at your shoes But every single day, you have to choose. [Pre-Chorus] (Building tension) I used to think my hands were strong I used to think I could do no wrong But a bird don’t sing just 'cause it’s caught And love ain't something that is bought. [Chorus] (Full band, heavy, bluesy, powerful) No matter what a good man does You can't hold on to what just "was" There’s a risk in every morning sun That today’s the day she’s gonna run I learned the hardest truth as I wept... A woman only stays if she wants to be kept. Yeah, she only stays if she wants to be kept. [Bridge] (Music strips away, just a throbbing bassline and voice) It ain't about the money spent Or all the broken rules I bent Love is a door that's open wide You gotta choose to step inside. I leave it open. I leave it open. [Guitar Solo] (A crying, bluesy electric guitar solo with heavy tremolo) [Outro] (Slow fade, vocals sound exhausted but peaceful) If you want to go, then go. I can't hold the wind, I know. There is no spell, there is no net. She only stays if she wants to be kept. If she wants to be kept. (Final guitar chord rings out and fades) [End]