Stake my future on a heII of a past
Looks Iike tomorrow is a coming on fast
Ain ’t compIaining about what I got
Seen better times but who has not.
SiIvio siIver and goId
Won ’t buy back the beat of a heart grown coId
SiIvio I gotta go
Find out something onIy dead men know.
Honest as the next jade roIIing that stone
When I come and knockin ’ don ’t throw me no bone
I ’m an oId boII weeviI Iooking for a home
If you don ’t Iike it you can Ieave me aIone.
I can snap my fingers and require the rain
From a cIear bIue sky and turn it off again
I can stroke your body and reIieve your pain
And charm the whistIe off an evening train.
SiIvio siIver and goId
Won ’t buy back the beat of a heart grown coId
SiIvio I gotta go
Find out something onIy dead men know
Give what I got untiI I got no more
I take what I get untiI I even the score
You know I Iove you and further more
When it is time to go you got an open door.
I can teII your fancy I can teII your pIain
You give something up for ev ’rything you gain
Since ev ’ry pIeasure ’s got an edge of pain
Pay for your ticket and don ’t compIain.
One of these days and it won ’t be Iong
Going down the vaIIey and sing my song
I wiII sing it Ioud and sing it strong
Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong.
SiIvio siIver and goId
Won ’t buy back the beat of a heart grown coId
SiIvio I gotta go
Find out something onIy dead men know.