Love lifts you up, life brings you down
Spinning the wheels on the pokie and everything's OK
You know that your time will come around
I was a good boy, my Daddy was proud
When I read all my lessons, said them out loud
But there's nothing to show now
For all that I know now you're gone
You were a bad girl, you took me away
And you taught me the difference between work and play
And you told me you loved me
But now they all say that you're gone
Love lifts you up, life brings you down
Spinning the wheels on the pokie, you know what the joke is
You hope that your time will come around
She was a good girl, she tried to stay clean
But they took her to places she'd never seen
And that said she'd be famous
But what does that mean now they're gone
What was the point of all that we dreamed?
Was all the love that you gave me not half what it seemed?
What have we gained? What have we lost?
I'm standing here empty-handed just counting the cost
You were a bad girl, you took me away
And you taught me the difference between work and play
And you told me you loved me
But now they all say that you're gone
Love lifts you up, life brings you down
Spinning the wheels on the pokie and everything's OK
You know that your time will come around