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Candyce, Act I: Only Game In Town (Calvin Arsenia, S​.​Fairbank)

from Candyce by S.Fairbank

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Scene: Cliff’s loft, Mario’s apartment. Mario and Cliff are getting dressed for a Friday night out. The two men are reflecting on their very different circumstances – Mario lamenting how his career as a professional fighter was a failure due to his disillusionment with making money from brutality, while Cliff, wealthy and successful, looks down on the world from a lofty perch and sees himself as a prince of affluence and destiny

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Only Game in Town
(Mario / Cliff)

Win, Lose
Rise again
Fail again

Beat a man till he falls
to please a crowd
You get paid pretty well

Day will come when you get
beat to hell
pretty well

And when you get beat to hell, Bro —
that’s the end
you just disappear

Say goodbye to friends who left
me behind
Out of sight, out of mind

[Mario & Cliff]
They’ll kiss your ass, they’ll flatter you
while they bet on you to lose
For every winner in the lottery
[ Cliff ]
a thousand suicides in the news

I own things I’ve never seen
I burn through other men like gasoline
It’s all part of the game
if you want to win

Fate has invited me
to make or break the rules of play
and end up winning either way

In this joint where
the wheel’s rigged
all the dealers are pigs
and the art of the con is the law
but it’s the only game there is
So get ready to throw down or bow down
if you wanna stick around

I am only here
for the money
for my pride
for the power and control
if you question anything you see
your compensation
is humiliation
and getting rolled
You’ve been warned
as you’ve been told
This is the game
the only game
the only game in town

[ Mario ]
Destroy a guy
with broken hands
to win a prize
Ain’t no way to live

I am born today
and gone away

surrendered to
the better part
of what I’m gonna be

__________

©2023 Pava Music
Music & lyrics ©2023 S.Fairbank / Studfinder Music (BMI)

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from Candyce, released August 30, 2023
Calvin Arsenia: Vocals
S.Fairbank: Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Synthesizers, Percussion

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S.Fairbank

S.Fairbank is a composer, producer, musician, and writer with a long history as an innovator in alternative musical performances involving electronic music fused with video, film and theater.

In live performance he has appeared on bills with a diverse array of artists including Annie Lennox, Karen Finley, Gus Gus, Nels Cline, Jane’s Addiction, The Minutemen, Carla Bozulich, and Holger Czukay. ... more

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