Lay Your Wager Down Lyrics - Ellis Paul

You're my flesh and blood 

But we're not the same 

A common name 

And now 

A common distance 

I looked up to you 

In your plush armchair 

Respect or fear 

I couldn't see the difference 

Lay your wager down 

Who'll be king in tinsel town? 

`cause all the prophets and the gypsies 

On the strip in venice beach 

Have looked me in the eye 

And said, "your dreams still lie in reach" 

And who am I to doubt them 

And who are you 

To write these speeches? 

Is it my poverty 

That brings a blush to you? 

Or the honesty 

That speaks the mind 

That comes with it 

Were you once a man 

With younger eyes 

A hungry pride 

That would not feel 

Resistance? 

Lay your wager down 

They're crowning the king in tinsel town 

There are strangers, there are lovers 

Out on fairfax in a line 

They look me in the eye 

And say "our thoughts are intertwined" 

And who am I to doubt them? 

And who are you to tear down 

These signs?