Well you can stake that claim 
Good work is the key to good fortune 
Winners take that praise 
Losers seldom take that blame. 
 
If they don't take that game 
And sometimes the winner takes nothing 
We draw our own designs 
But fortune has to make that frame. 
 
We go out into the world and take our chances 
Fate is just the weight of circumstance 
That's the way that lady luck dances 
Roll the bones. 
 
Why are we here? Because we're here 
Roll the bones 
Why does it happen? Because it happens 
Roll the bones. 
 
Faith as cold as ice 
Why are little ones born only to suffer 
For the want of immunity  
Or a bowl of rice? 
 
Well who would hold a price 
On the heads of the innocent children 
If there's some immortal power 
To control the dice? 
 
We come into the world and take our chances 
Fate is just the weight of circumstances 
That's the way that lady luck dances 
Roll the bones, Roll the bones. 
 
Why are we here? Because we're here 
Roll the bones 
Why does it happen? Because it happens 
Roll the bones. 
 
Why are we here? Because we're here 
Roll the bones 
Why does it happen? Because it happens 
Roll the bones.  
Why does it happen? 
 
Jack relax, get busy with the facts 
No zodiacs or almanacs, No maniacs in polyester slacks 
Just the facts, Gonna kick some gluteus max 
It's a parallax, you dig? 
You move around, the small gets big, it's a rig 
It's action, reaction, random interaction 
So who's afraid of a little abstaction? 
Can't get no satisfaction from the facts? 
You better run homeboy, a fact's a fact 
From Nome to Rome boy. 
 
What's the deal? Spin the wheel 
If the dice are hot, take a shot 
Play your cards, show us what you got 
What you're holding, if the cards are cold, 
Don't go folding, Lady luck is golden 
She favors the bold. That's cold 
Stop throwing stones, the night has a thousand saxophones 
So get out there and rock and roll the bones, Get busy. 
 
Roll the bones 
Why are we here? Because we're here 
Roll the bones 
Why does it happen? Because it happens 
Roll the bones.