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Gambling and Drinking

from In Time by The Mather Robinson Band

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about

2013 - And so to the present day—and the opium of the masses.

lyrics

It’s five o’clock and the full time scores are in
Our betting slips are all consigned to the bin
Except for one lucky beggar who knows nowt ‘bout football
He’s won seven hundred - and his name is John Tattersall
Oh no!

It’s Friday night and it’s euro lottery time
We’re camped round the telly – six numbers will do just fine
Life changing numbers if we drop the big one
How many did we get? let me think - we got none!
Oh yes that’s right – we got one!

Gambling and drinking - horses for courses
I know what you’re thinking - a waste of resources
Economies shrinking - and all the world pauses
While we do nothing at all!

On Monday’s and Wednesdays we all turn out for the quiz
Free beer for the winners while Bob tells us all what it is … is
Amnesia takes over - contentedly numb
The death of a soldier - in Afghanistan
Doesn’t get the same rating - as who’s in the final
Or what’s won the racing - or American Idol

Wake up – what you waiting for?
There’s Superleague on Channel 4
Oh no it’s the news
So we can all go back to sleep

The weekend comes round and we’ll do it all over again
Let’s have one for the road and one more for absent friends
At the Wagon and Horses drinking emporium
You don’t have to like - but you have to adore ‘em - well I like them anyway!

Gambling and drinking - horses for courses
I know what you’re thinking – a waste of resources
Economies shrinking - and all the world pauses
While we do nothing at all!

……Rock all!

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from In Time, released July 29, 2013

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The Mather Robinson Band Salford, UK

Dave Mather and Pete Robinson grew up together in the north of England in the nineteen sixties and have been writing and performing music individually and as a team ever since. From Opera to rock to pop and now back to their roots in folk music. Mather & Robinson entertain audiences in the north west of England but if you ask them - they will hummmm. ... more

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