"The Dice" lyrics - PAUL HEATON

Born into a certain life
You'll only roll a one
Lucky to even hold the thing
Before the chance is gone
You're Bransholme or you're Manor top
You're Old Kent Road or same
Quickly learn in life, playing on this board
You'll never reach Park Lane

And we knew a decent holiday
Was something out of reach
When they drove us to the pub car park
And told us that's the beach

Born into a better class
That only rolls a two
A slightly lighter accent
And a slightly better shoe
Those shoes are walking on thin ice
Though you hold a decent job
But looking at this dump, one financial slump
Straight back on the rob

She said she felt luckier
Than all the stars above
But she wouldn't stop her scratchboards
As we laid and made sweet love

And you'll never find no wizardry at state school
That's a very early lesson that they teach
Unless you're holding magic wand
You'll only roll a one
The good life's out of reach
The good life's out of reach

Just a shade more lucky
Is the family right next door
Usually they'll rolle a three
Occasionally a four
Their parents went to grammar school
And they did just the same
Wait till they are rich, pay the mortgage off
Leave for leafy lane

YOu can tell the car they'll leave in
The keys don't leave their hands
And head to toe in Lycra
The sort of day they've planned

Miles out in the country
Plus a couple up their drive
The kind of family who never seem
To roll less than a five
If good luck ain't inherited
And it don't drop from the sky
Usually it's gained, stomping on the heads
Of folk like you and I

School motto writ in Latin
That we can't understand
Is 'Not unless your parents
Can cough up 50 grand'

Further down path, nestling on moat
Are the family who are the reason we vote
The don't judge holiday by sun, sea or land
But if the peasants are selling up land
'Cause the only good trip
Fit for postcard home
Is from a beach you actually own
They've got the drawbridge up
When the taxman's in town
To other families they only look down

And the lucky dice you're holding
They ain't lucky
If the numbers on the dice
They ain't the same
If the dice ain't got a six
There's really no quick fix
It ain't a level game
It ain't a level game