[Intro]
Are you ready? Chuck, take one
One, two
One, two, three

[Verse 1]
You can't fool a fooler
I can tell
When a John got jazzed
By a jezebel

[Chorus]
You can't beat the house (you can't beat the house)
You can't beat the house (you can't beat the house)
Tell the man, somebody
You can't beat the house

[Verse 2]
When these horn dogs
Get lucky with dough
Blow it on the rooster
And the girls of Smokey Row

[Chorus]
You can't beat the house (you can't beat the house)
You can't beat the house (you can't beat the house)
Now tell the man, somebody
You can't beat the house
[Bridge]
You want to buy you a dance
Don't buy it in here
It's all skin games and jelly roll
Red-eye and beer
They're all as mean as rat snakes
All got knives in their boots
Even the piano player, man
He don't care who he shoots

[Verse 3]
See that little homewrecker
In the backroom
She'll pick your pocket
With her pet raccoon

[Chorus]
You can't beat the house (you can't beat the house)
You can't beat the house (you can't beat the house)
Tell the man, somebody
You can't beat the house