You might have seen me 'neath the pool hall lights
Well baby I go back each night
If you got a throat I got a knife
Steady rollin', I keep goin'

Well I come from the old time baby,
Too late for you to save me
If I remain then I'm to blame
But if you should ever need me,
I'll go where'er you lead me
It's all the same, the same old game

I don't mind how quick the seasons change
You know to me they's every one the same
The sweetest sunshine drips the drain
Death's comin', I'm still runnin'

Well I come from the old time baby,
Too late for you to save me
If I remain then I'm to blame
But if you should ever need me,
I'll go where'er you lead me
It's all the same, the same old game

My lovin' lady she's a ball and chain
I still can travel but my speed has changed
I bring the money, I take the blame
Steady rollin', I keep goin'

But I shot my wife today,
Dropped her body in the Frisco bay
I had no choice it was the only way
Death's comin', I'm still runnin'

Well I come from the old time baby,
Too late for you to save me
If I remain then I'm to blame
But if you should ever need me,
I'll go where'er you lead me
It's all the same, the same old game

Out waltzin' with the Holy Ghost,
From the Bowery to the Barbary Coast
The land I'm from you know I love the most
Steady rollin', I keep goin'

And everyday is just another town
The more I search you know the less I've found
Me, I'm a sucker, just a slave to sound
Death's comin', I'm still runnin'

Well I come from the old town baby,
Where all the kids are crazy
If I remain then I'm to blame
But if you should ever need me,
I'll go where'er you lead me
It's all the same, the same old game