You Don’t Have to Play the Horses by Bruce Cockburn Lyrics

[Verse 1]
So we wait beside the desert
Nothing left to give away
Naked as the hanged man's secrets
Nothing left to do but pray

[Verse 2]
You don't have to play the horses
Life's a gamble all the same
Don't take much to make you lose sight
Of the object of the game

[Verse 3]
Anyone can be a soldier
It's a prevalent disease
Oh God I don't know where to step now
Help me find the right road please

[Verse 1]
So we wait beside the desert
Nothing left to give away
Naked as the hanged man's secrets
Praying for the break of day