Lucky Sevens - The Mechanisms

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[Smooth Mikey]
[Verse 1]

In the dyin’ l

ight of Malone

’s twin suns
              
Setting o’er t

       
he cityscape
            
I find ya in t

              
he back of an 

       
orphan-house
         
Dreamin’ of es

cape


[Verse 2]

Well, the name

’s Smooth Mick

ey, I been wat

chin’ your wor

k
              
An’ I like the

             
 way that it b

urns
            
But ya don’ un

             
derstand who r

uns this world
            
An’ I think it

           
’s time you le

arned


[Chorus]

Well, the Luck

y Sevens, they

 rule the stre

ets
              
The dice are l

              
oaded an’ they

 
 play for keep

s
            
The fire burns

              
 bright, In th

  
e cool, dark n

ight
            
When the Seven

        
s are in luck


[Verse 3]

So take my han

d an’ let’s ge

t out of here
              
Uncle Mickey w

              
ill show ya th

  
e way
            
We can use you

        
r pyromaniacal

 talents
           
Ashes, what d’

   
ya say?


[Ashes]
[Verse 4]

All eleven yea

rs of my life
              
I’ve been alon

              
e, and now the

     
re’s you
            
So hand me the

              
 matches and t

   
he gasoline
            
‘Cause we’ve g

          
ot work to do


[Chorus]

Well I’m a Luc

ky Seven, I’m 

a mob elite
              
I got loaded d

              
ice and I was 

        
born to cheat
            
The fire burns

              
 bright, In th

  
e heat of the 

night
            
‘Cause the Sev

          
ens are in luc

k


[Instrumental]
       x2


[Verse 5]

Mickey, I’ve b

een a Seven a 

long long time
              
Twelve years i

              
f it’s been a 

 
day
            
But the Aces a

          
re moving on o

ur turf
            
And they seem 

           
to know our pl

ay


[Verse 6]

We got a stool

 pigeon in our

 ranks
              
I’ve been hunt

             
ing down the s

nitch
            
The trail lead

              
s back to you,

 
 Uncle dear
            
And payback go

        
nna be a bitch


[Smooth Mikey]
[Verse 7]

Well, I always

 knew ya were 

a real smart k

id
              
I figured you’

           
d track me dow

n
            
But they don’t

              
 call me Smoot

  
h Mickey for n

othin’
            
I’m the big bo

          
ss of this tow

n


[Verse 8]

Ya see, I need

ed a fall guy
              
For the Sevens

              
 to send to th

  
e grave
            
An’ by the smo

              
ke that ya sme

           
ll and the hea

t that ya feel
            
You can guess 

            
whose name I g


ave


[Chorus]

Well, the Luck

y Sevens, they

 got you beat
              
Your dice may 

              
be loaded, but

      
 they melt in 

the heat
            
The fire burns

              
 bright, Under

 
 you tonight
            
‘Cause Ashes, 

            
you’re outta l


uck


[Verse 9]

Oh, the fire s

corches your f

lesh
              
An’ the smoke 

           
fills your lun

gs
            
Looks like ya 

              
rolled snake-e

     
yes, Ashes O’R

eilly
           
I guess your g

       
ame is done


[Instrumental]
       x2


[Bridge]
            
MICKEY: “Ashes

              
?! What, no no

              
 no, ain’t no 

              
way, I saw you

 
 burn”
              
ASHES: “Yeah, 

              
funny how that

              
 worked out, i

          
sn’t it?”
              
MICKEY: “Liste

              
n, what went d

              
own between us

            
, Join up with

              
 me an’ the Ac

              
es, we’re gonn

              
a rule this wo

    
rld.

ASHES: “Pass”
              
MICKEY: “Killi

      
ng me ain’t go

nna do ya no g

ood!”
              
ASHES: “It’ll 

             
make me feel b

etter”
              
MICKEY: “Look,

              
 Ashes, it was

              
 never about y

              
ou an’ me. The

           
 Aces, the Sev

ens, the cops,
              
it’s all part’

              
ve the same go

              
ddamn thing. I

              
 mean, what’re

          
 ya gonna do? 

Ain’t enough
              
gasoline out t

              
here to burn d

              
own an entire 


planet.”
              
ASHES: “Funny,

              
 I might have 

              
believed you, 

            
if you said th

              
at a while ago

              
 but uh things

               
 have changed”
              
MICKEY: “No As

           
hes! Ashes Wai

t”

*ignition*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAHHHHHH

HHHHHHHHH!!!


[Intrumental]
      


[Both]
[Chorus]

Well, the Luck

y Sevens have 

lost their gam

e
              
Loaded dice do

              
n’t help when 

     
your world’s a

flame
            
The fire burns

         
 bright, Every

where tonight
            
‘Cause the Sev

 
ens
       
The Sevens
            
The Sevens are

       
 out of luck

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