Charles Bukowski - Roll The Dice lyrics

If you’re going to try, Go all the way
Otherwise, don’t even start

If you’re going to try, Go all the way

This could mean losing girlfriends
Wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind

Go all the way
It could mean not eating for 3 or 4 days
It could mean freezing on a park bench
It could mean jail
It could mean derision, mockery, isolation

Isolation is the gift
All the others are a test of your endurance
Of how much you really want to do it

And you’ll do it
Despite rejection and the worst odds
And it will be better than
Anything else you can imagine

If you’re going to try, Go all the way

There is no other feeling like that
You will be alone with the gods
And the nights will flame with fire

Do it do it do it do it

All the way all the way
You will ride life straight
To perfect laughter
It's the only good fight there is