Lottery Lyrics

I was 19 and you were 23
We stayed in long before Ferdinand Street
We spent five talking about our lives
But we'd talked like that about a thousand times
And I'm bored of all that

You used to tell me that love is a lottery and
You got your numbers and you're bettin' on me
You used to say that love is a game, but
You got your numbers and you're bettin' on me

I'll tell you about a guy that
I've been with, you ask how
"Old is he?," and I laugh, "26, no but–"
He's 30!
How messed up is that?
"Won't forget it" he says "I'm a jealous man and I don't want to talk about that"

You used to tell me that love is a lottery, but
You got your numbers and you're bettin' on me
You used to say that love is a game, but
You got your numbers and you're bettin' on me
You're still bettin' on me

Hold on, my dear hold on real tight
It's just a numbers game in my mind
And we've been here
A thousand times, a thousand times, a thousand...

You used to tell me that love is a lottery, but
You got your numbers and you're bettin' on me
You used to say that love is a game, but
You got your numbers and you'll play it any way

You used to tell me that love is a lottery, but
You got your numbers and you're bettin' on me
You used to tell me that
Love is a lottery, but
You got your numbers and you're bettin' on me
Are you still bettin' on me?