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Small Stakes Lyrics
Small stakes give you blues
But you don't feel taken don't think you've been used
Cause it’s alright Friday night to Sunday
It feels alright keeps your mind on the page
Oh yeah small stakes ensure you the minimum blues
But you don't feel taken and you don't feel abused
Small stakes tell you that there's nothing can do
Can't think big, can't think past one or two and awlright!
Me and my friends sell ourselves
Short but feel very well
We feel fine aw we feel fine
Small time danger in your mid-size car
I don’t dig the stripes but I'll go for har mar
The big innovation on the minimum wage
Is lines up your nose but your life on the page so c'mon
Tell me I'm wrong
Small stakes will kill time
When you're stuck in back of the line
It feels alright Friday night to Sunday
Aw it feels alright keeps your mind on the page
And small stakes bring you where you're caught in a rut
You feel so uptight you just want to throw it all up
And small stakes leave you with the minimum blues
Can't think big, can't think past one or two so c'mon
But you don't feel taken don't think you've been used
Cause it’s alright Friday night to Sunday
It feels alright keeps your mind on the page
Oh yeah small stakes ensure you the minimum blues
But you don't feel taken and you don't feel abused
Small stakes tell you that there's nothing can do
Can't think big, can't think past one or two and awlright!
Me and my friends sell ourselves
Short but feel very well
We feel fine aw we feel fine
Small time danger in your mid-size car
I don’t dig the stripes but I'll go for har mar
The big innovation on the minimum wage
Is lines up your nose but your life on the page so c'mon
Tell me I'm wrong
Small stakes will kill time
When you're stuck in back of the line
It feels alright Friday night to Sunday
Aw it feels alright keeps your mind on the page
And small stakes bring you where you're caught in a rut
You feel so uptight you just want to throw it all up
And small stakes leave you with the minimum blues
Can't think big, can't think past one or two so c'mon
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This song clearly has nothing to do with drugs - it's about settling for mediocrity and not chasing your dreams. So often we take the easy option as it ensures us the "minimum blues", despite the fact that we feel much less fulfilled in the long run. We feel powerless to change our situation and we're so short-sighted that we can't think past 1 or 2pm.
And why do we put up with this state of affairs? Because for two days of the week we can do what we like - "Cos it's alright Friday night to Sunday".
I love Spoon
I love The Stripes
I Hate Har Mar
nobody's risky enough with chasing their dreams in life!!! yeah!!!!
what's up with the Har Mar Superstar (and White Stripes?) references?
fuckin small stakes. and those are definitely references. spoon references stuff in their other songs too, like the way we get by.
I think it's middleman blues but I could be wrong... I don't have the cd :|
I think I've got this one figured out. I think its about drugs, specifically cocaine.
the friday to sunday thing is how its only okay during the weekend. everything else seems pretty self explanatory