Gambler's Last Day

by Storm of Crows

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This is our first cover song, the original being written by the wonderful Gozer Goodspeed (gozergoodspeed.bandcamp.com). Along with his record label, Lights & Lines, he held a competition to cover this song and as we all thought the original was rather spiffing, we figured we'd have a go. Paul came up with an arrangement very quickly and after that it was just a case of us recording all our parts (and then re-recording them when Paul told us we left out quite a bit of F, arguably his favourite chord).

Alas, we didn't win the competition but we got a great recording out of it, and somehow we put it together rather quickly (and yet we're still only half way through recording our album after a whole year working on it!)

As we're a bit dim and don't know anything about managing/splitting royalties, we figured the easiest thing to do was just give the song away for free so with Gozer's permission, if you want a copy go ahead and download it. Feel no guilt, just grab a copy and rock out! And also pay a visit to Gozer's bandcamp page (mentioned above) and also the Lights & Lines page: lightsandlines.bandcamp.com.

lyrics

Fortune smile at me
I could be good if I could run free and
Favoured winds, blow my way
Cigarette ends in an old ashtray
And make it please, this gambler's last day

Lady luck, fickle but fair
Strip away all these debts we wear
Wash us clean with one freak wave
Clutching tight what we need to keep safe
And make it please, this gambler's last day

Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man, make me a better man

Fate please come to my aid
Don't judge me by mistakes I've made
You bet your house, you bet your bread
I don't want to just end up dead
So make it please, this gambler's last day

I had a friend who put it all on black
Found him at the bottom of a river in a sack
I was at his house just that day
Cigarette ends in an old ashtray
So make it please, this gambler's last day

Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man, make me a better man

Fortune please
Come smile at me
Don't go away
Like you did to the gambler that day
To the gambler that day

Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man built to last
Ghosts of the future and past, make me a better man, make me a better man

Fortune please
Come smile at me
Don't go away
Just make it please

So fortune please
Come smile at me
Don't go away
Like you did to the gambler that day
To the gambler that day

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released August 18, 2021
Music and lyrics - Gozer Goodspeed

Storm of Crows personnel:
Paul Coates - Arrangement, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, lead vocal
Jimmy Medway - Bass guitar, handsomeness and long wavy hair (Just listen, you'll hear it)
Matt Kik - Rhythm guitar, harmony lead guitar, backing vocal, MIDI drums

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Storm of Crows Sheffield, UK

Storm of Crows is a rock band based in Sheffield and Stockport, in the UK. Originally in various bands at the end of the 1990s, we reformed during Covid lockdown in 2020 to record some of our old songs, and write a few new ones as well. We're not the best band in the world, but we're having a blast doing what what we're doing, and we think that comes across in our music. We hope you like it too. ... more

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