Crazy If You Mess with the Gods
Dancing with Fate: Tales of Risk and Redemption
Lyrics
I went to Switzerland and dropped a few names
Visited Switzerland and mentioned influential connections
Said I knew some people at the top
Claimed acquaintance with powerful individuals
Nice little singer took me up in the mountains
Escorted by a singer to the mountains, sparked her enthusiasm
Got her started and she just wouldn't stop
The singer became energized and couldn't stop
I saw my hero in People magazine
Hero featured in People magazine, had a new liver and a cane
Had a new liver and a walking cane
The hero was struggling health-wise but still alive
Last time I saw him he said I was trying too hard
Hero warned about trying too hard, ended up back in prison
Then they hauled him off to prison again
The hero was incarcerated again
Yeah, they locked him up in prison again
Reiteration of the hero's imprisonment
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
Feeling like a risk-taker on an exceptionally fortunate day
Still got no regard for the odds
Lack of concern for probabilities
Times like that your judgment kinda wanders away
Times when judgment falters, especially in fortunate moments
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
Advises against challenging or provoking higher powers
I saw my big guy doin' dead man's curve
Witnessed someone important navigating a dangerous curve
He could barely keep it on the road
Struggling to control the vehicle
They got a law now that allows the gendarmes
New laws empower authorities to seize property
To confiscate your humble abode
Your home can be confiscated
Well they went in and they took the whole load
The authorities took everything
I did some talkin' to a girl in Honolulu
Had a conversation with a girl in Honolulu
Seems I was less than polite
Behaved rudely, leading to confrontation
Her island warrior showed my face where the ground was
Confrontation with a local warrior resulted in injuries
Twenty-seven stitches that night
Received twenty-seven stitches that night
A lot of second-guessing that night
Regret and doubt after the incident
Feelin' like a gambler on the streakiest day
Similar feeling of risk-taking on a fortunate day
Still got no regard for the odds
Persisting lack of concern for odds
Times like that your judgment kinda wanders away
Reiteration of judgment lapses in fortunate moments
You're crazy if you mess with the gods
Warning against challenging or provoking higher powers
Crazy if you mess with the gods, yeah
Repetition of the warning about messing with the gods
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