Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Checkers and Chess , by - Billy Joe Shaver. Song from the album Long in the Tooth, in the genre КантриRelease date: 03.08.2014
Record label: Lightning Rod
Song language: English
Checkers and Chess |
| I’m playing Checkers while they’re playing Chess |
| They make the big moves and make me a little less |
| Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best |
| I’m still playing Checkers while they’re playing Chess |
| I’ve learned all the rules of the game |
| Fast way I play 'em when I lose 'em just the same |
| Nothing’s fair in this world of blind chance |
| A rich man takes the money, the old man takes the blame |
| I’m playing Checkers while they’re playing Chess |
| They make the big moves and make me a little less |
| Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best |
| I’m still playing Checkers while they’re playing Chess |
| (Instrumental break) |
| The day were born where all? |
| old |
| Some cuts from the cloth straight from the king’s robe |
| The rest of us can’t even be pawn |
| But we wear soldier’s uniforms, dying for their? |
| I’m playing Checkers while they’re playing Chess |
| They make the big moves and make me a little less |
| Even when I win, beat the pants off of the best |
| I’m still playing Checkers while they’re playing Chess |