My shoulders are blistered, my reasons are twisted

My fingernails are dirty and torn

Young fortunes and pitfalls, my head on a brick wall

My failures got me broken and worn

Threw all the cards, bet it all on threes

And lost it by the morning

Proof in the stars, nothing ever turns out right

One day I’m a hero

The next one I’m a zero

Good luck is a no show

Feels like I’m stuck in Reno

Visions of paradise becoming

Fantasy unrealized and gutted

No matter where I go

Feels like I’m stuck in Reno

I said after burnout, “Pay dues, it’ll work out”

The ladder that I climb isn’t free

Frustrations have strangled my own better angels

They shot a girl to just watch her bleed (in Reno)

Threw in my heart, bet it all on you

And lost it by the morning

Proof in the stars, nothing ever turns out right

One day I’m a hero

The next one I’m a zero

Good luck is a no show

Feels like I’m stuck in Reno

Visions of paradise becoming

Fantasy unrealized and gutted

Broke down El Camino

Feels like I’m stuck in Reno

Nobody wants to do this alone

We just ain’t getting blood outta stone

One day I’m a hero

The next one I’m a zero

Good luck is a no show

Feels like I’m stuck in Reno

Visions of paradise becoming

Fantasy unrealized and gutted

Knocked over casino

Feels like I’m stuck in Reno

Nobody wants to do this alone