Stake my future on a hell of a past
  Looks like tomorrow is a coming on fast
  Ain't complaining about what I got
  Seen better times but who has not.
    Silvio silver and gold
  Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
  Silvio I gotta go
  Find out something only dead men know.
    Honest as the next jade rolling that stone
  When I come and knockin' don't throw me no bone
  I'm an old boll weevil looking for a home
  If you don't like it you can leave me alone.
    I can snap my fingers and require the rain
  From a clear blue sky and turn it off again
  I can stroke your body and relieve your pain
  And charm the whistle off an evening train.
    Silvio silver and gold
  Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
  Silvio I gotta go
  Find out something only dead men know
    Give what I got until I got no more
  I take what I get until I even the score
  You know I love you and further more
  When it is time to go you got an open door.
  
  I can tell your fancy I can tell your plain
  You give something up for ev'rything you gain
  Since ev'ry pleasure's got an edge of pain
  Pay for your ticket and don't complain.
    One of these days and it won't be long
  Going down the valley and sing my song
  I will sing it loud and sing it strong
  Let the echo decide if I was right or wrong.
    Silvio silver and gold
  Won't buy back the beat of a heart grown cold
  Silvio I gotta go
  Find out something only dead men know.