Lyrics to
Life Is A Gamble

Released by Steppenwolf in 1976
From the Album: Skullduggery |

This version of Life Is A Gamble was released by Steppenwolf in 1976.

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Spin that wheel of fortune
Playin’ that game of fools
Don’t be afraid to take a chance
You haven’t got much to lose

Come on little girl and step right up
I want to be the first to wish you luck ’cause

CHORUS: Life is a gamble where
Where you search and you ramble
And you try for the high that will help to see you through
Life is a gamble and so if you can handle
The uncertainty of tomorrow with me, Today I’ll bet on you

Shoot your shot girl with all you got
I’m gonna get you to give in
The stakes are high but darlin’ don’t be shy
I’m givin’ you a chance to win

I can’t make promises they’d just be lies
It’s ridin’ on the wheel and a roll of the dice, ’cause

REPEAT CHORUS

How will it be tomorrow
How Can I say today
Like a gamblin’ man with a losin’ hand
I’m waitin’ for a winnnin’ play

Come on little girl and step right up
I want to be the first to wish you luck ’cause

REPEAT CHORUS


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About Lyrics and Life Is A Gamble by Steppenwolf

The lyrics for Life Is A Gamble are defined as the words making up the song released by Steppenwolf in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Life Is A Gamble have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Steppenwolf and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

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Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Life Is A Gamble by Steppenwolf if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Life Is A Gamble" means the words set to the music of Life Is A Gamble, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Steppenwolf. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Life Is A Gamble and the lyrics to Life Is A Gamble are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Steppenwolf who came here looking just for the lyrics to Life Is A Gamble, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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