1530 – The Allman Brothers – Win, lose or draw (1975)

 

Escrita por Gregg Allman, foi gravada entre fevereiro e julho de 1975 e lançada no disco de mesmo nome, o quinto da banda, em 22 de agosto de 1975. Gregg Allman cantou, tocou orgão Hammond, clavinet e violão. Richard Betts tocou guitarra, slide guitar e violão. Jaimoe tocou bateria e percussão. Chuck Leavell tocou piano, piano eletrico Fender Rhodes, Moog Synthesizer, clavinet e fez backing vocals. Lamar Williams tocou baixo.

A letra:

Endlessly facing the cold concrete floor
Four cold grey walls, and no doors
I barely remember the last forty days
Or just what they're holdin' me for

So far away, they tell me
Boy, you're here to stay
Win, lose or draw

Letters unanswered and visits so few
Cold desperation I know
I guess I'd give most anything
Oh lord, if they would just let me go

I'm so far away
Day after lonely, lonely day
Win, lose or draw

Ma, she's dead and gone
Pa just don't seem to find the time
It makes me so sad that he's forsaken me
He's all I have left I call mine

I'm so far away
Day after lonely, lonely day
Win, lose or draw

There's two men in one room for ten long years
Still strangers that talk away the time
'Cause each time I think of your soft hand in mine
I lay here and die one more time

And I'm so far away
Day after lonely, lonely day
Win, lose or draw

If I'm far away
You know, chances
You gotta lose
You gonna lose

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