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Artist: Michelle Shocked
Canonical path: /michelle-shocked/russian-roulette
Related lyric paths: 6
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Russian Roulette
Read Russian Roulette lyrics by Michelle Shocked on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Russian Roulette
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I need this hopeless feeling
Like I need a hole in my head
Give up my whole days wages
To get this hole in the wall
I call a holster that is empty
Just a gun to the head
I am a holy roller
I'm playing Russian Roulette
I've been told gambling's a sin
I'm gonna place my bet
I'm gonna play to win
Yes I'm sure it's a cure for the blues
You lose you win, you win you lose
I cried "Oh sweet Lord"
But there's no hope in praying
Somebody hold me tight
I'm in a whole lot of pain
I'll be a whole lot older
When this day is done
I say Russian Roulette
Is just a hole in one
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Michelle Shocked performs "Russian Roulette", and this lyric page sits inside the Michelle Shocked catalog on LyroVerse.
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