Reno Nevada

Reno Nevada (BBC Session - David Symonds 6/1/69) - Fairport Convention

It's a long long way down to Reno Nevada

And a long long way to your home

But the change in your pocket is beginning to grumble

And you reap just about what you've sown

You can walk down the street

Pass your face in the window

You can stop fooling around

You can work day and night

Take a chance on promotion

You can fall through a hole in the ground

Now there ain't no game

Like the one you been playing

When you got a little something to lose

And there ain't no time

Like the the time you been wasting

And you waste just about what you choose

There's a man at the table

And you know he's been able

To return all the odds that you lay

But you can't feed your hunger

And you ain't getting younger

And your tongue ain't got nothing to say

It's a long long way down to Reno Nevada

And a long long way to your home

But the ground underneath you is beginning to tremble

And the sky up above you has grown

There's a time to be moving

And a time to be grooving

And a time just for climbing the wall

But the odds have been doubled

And it ain't worth the trouble

And you're never going nowhere at all