more from
Cheerygroove Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Sport of Kings

from VIP: Very Interesting Persons by Findlay Napier

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      £1 GBP  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    CD comes with 12 page booklet including lyrics, colour cartoons of the VIPs by Chris Baldie

    Includes unlimited streaming of VIP: Very Interesting Persons via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 7 days

      £12 GBP or more 

     

lyrics

Put it all on a piebald bow legged mare
She just backed off put her tail up in the air
I hung my head in shame
There’s only one sure thing
Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings

There’s only so much gambling you can do
Before the ones you love will say it’s through
It’s hard to love so blindly
when she don’t know where to find me
Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings

Won’t be long before she’ll change the locks
You can always find love down at the docks
There’s nothing you can do
When it gets inside of you
Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings

I’ve had money and lost it all before
I’ve always picked myself up off the floor
I don’t let my spirits falter
I married a rich man’s daughter
Gonna lose my queen to the sport of kings

credits

from VIP: Very Interesting Persons, track released January 12, 2015
Findlay Napier: Vocal, Guitar, Heavy Foot
Gustaf Ljunggren: Lap Steel
Hamish Napier: Piano
Boo Hewerdine: Hand Claps

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Findlay Napier Glasgow, UK

One of Scotland's finest songwriters. In 2021 he was nominated for Musician of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music Awards and in 2018 he was the first solo act to be nominated for Live Act of the Year. Described as Micheal Marra meets Elvis Costello, a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright or a Scottish James Taylor this master storyteller's songs are full of earthy humour, hopeless love and biting satire. ... more

contact / help

Contact Findlay Napier

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Findlay Napier, you may also like: