THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
I’M TALKING ABOUT A MAN
& NOT A TIGER
HE WAS AN ACTOR IN HIS PRIME
EVERY TIME HE STEPPED ON
A STAGE READING HIS LINES
OR THE SONG WOULD BE
ABOUT ‘ROD’S TIGER‘

THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
I’M TALKING ABOUT A MAN
& NOT A SPIDER
HE WAS A WEB OF INTRIGUE WALKING
HE WAS A TRAIN OF THOUGHT
AT A RAILROAD CROSSING
WHERE THE ROADS WE CROSS
GET LIGHTER

I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:

“EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES
WIN STUPID PRIZES”

THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
A MAN WHO WAS A LOVER
& A FIGHTER
HE WAS A BEATNIK IN HIS MIND
HE WAS A BEACH BUM LICKING
THE JUICE OF A SWEET PLUM
& IN MALIBU,
A VOLKSWAGEN DRIVER

I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:

“EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES,
WIN STUPID PRIZES”

I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:

He Said:
“I PLAYED THE POPE
I PLAYED MUSSOLINI
I PLAYED NAPOLEON
I PLAYED A RABBI
& A PRIEST, A KILLER
& PLAYED IT LIKE NO ONE
NOW WHICH ONE DO YOU
WANT TO SEE
IF YOU PLAY GAMES
WITH ME ?”
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS

“I PLAYED THE POPE
I PLAYED MUSSOLINI
I PLAYED NAPOLEON
I PLAYED A RABBI
& A PRIEST, A KILLER
& I PLAYED IT LIKE NO ONE
NOW WHICH ONE DO
YOU WANT TO SEE
IF YOU PLAY GAMES
WITH ME ?”
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS
I SUPPOSE
IT’S WHAT
AN ACTOR
KNOWS

THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
IN A MOVIE SCENE NONE WERE FINER
I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT ROD STEWART
OR I’D BE SINGING ROCK & ROLL
LIKE I KNEW HOW TO DO IT
& CHUG-A-LUG A JUG OF SCOTCH & CIDER
HE WAS A BAD BOY JUST LIKE BRANDO
HE WAS A FLAME WHEN IT CAME
DOWN TO BURNING HIS CANDLE
& WALKING ON THE SCREEN
WITH A SWAGGER

I MET HIM ON THE BEACH ONE DAY
& THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY:

“EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
EVEN A FOOL SOONER OR LATER
REALIZES THAT IF
YOU PLAY STUPID GAMES,
YOU WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES
WIN STUPID PRIZES
PLAY STUPID GAMES
WIN STUPID PRIZES

THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
HE WAS AN ACTOR IN HIS PRIME
EVERY TIME SHE STEPPED ON
A STAGE READING HIS LINES

THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER
THE BALLAD OF ROD STEIGER

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