The song is about the futility of gambling and chasing material wealth. The song tells the story of a man who becomes obsessed with a casino and loses everything he has, including his love and his life. The song also contrasts the man’s delusions of grandeur with the reality of his situation, and us...
[Verse 1]
On a Sunday gone
In the harbour place
The big boss man’s eye
Fell on the pretty girl’s face
She was closing things
Oh what a death he died
He drank away his sense
He never said goodbye
[Chorus]
You could talk about love
You could talk about the light
You could talk about the only time
You ever did things right
You could talk about the moon
Hanging in the sky
You could talk about the finer things
You could talk about the minor things
[Verse 2]
It’s a poor man’s game
This serious life
No pursuit could make me
The man for my wife
Says the man’s hot streak
To a sober face
No reflections please
When I’m the king of this place
I will take my first fist
And I will bring it down
And I will take that smiling
Right outta this town
[Chorus]
You could talk about love
You could talk about the light
You could talk about the only time
You ever did things right
You could talk about the moon
Hanging in the sky
You could talk about the finer things
You could talk about the minor things
[Outro]
He was cautioned to the wind
Oh man, you’re a fable now
Bob’s Casino was written by Grian Chatten.
Bob’s Casino was produced by Dan Carey & Grian Chatten.
Grian Chatten released Bob’s Casino on Fri Jun 30 2023.
I heard the intro to ‘Bob’s Casino’ [that night on the beach]. Similar to ‘Last Time Every Time Forever’, ‘Bob’s Casino’ is a tune about a kind of addiction and inertia and isolation. I wanted it to sound as beautiful as it sounds in the addict’s head, or the isolated person’s head, when they achiev...