Louis Rosen

Lyrics

14. WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
(Music by Louis Rosen, Lyric by Louis Rosen and Art Perlman)

Doctors are quite fond of numbers
Everything measured just so
They give a percent to the decimal point
But the point is, they don’t really know

Jill had been sick for a long time
Her future looked lousy and worse
She planned for the end down to every detail
Her plans were her comfort and curse

"What are the odds?”
She would ask me
“Is there a life after life on Earth?
“What is the point?”
She would grumble.
Then we’d play a hand of gin –
Which she always would win —
And we both let her questions go by
I did not know how to reply…

All of the Holy Books teach us
God has some infinite plan
His way is revealed if you follow his path
I’ve tried, but I don’t think I can

Doctors are quite fond of numbers
But they know there’s much more that goes on
On Thursday they thought Jill had weeks left to live
By Saturday night she was gone

"What are the odds?”
She would ask me
“Is there a life after life on Earth?
“I’d like to know!”
She would grumble
Then another hand of gin —
And of course, she would win —
As we both let her questions go by
I did not know how to reply…

Play another hand of gin —
And once more she would win —
As we both let her questions go by
I never knew how to reply…

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