Calcutta Auction
--words and music by Michael Stanley

from "Ladies' Choice", 1976, Epic Records



Oh, here you are, back on the street again
Even though you tried to stay away
No wonder that you look so crazy
The street's got ways to make you pay
Oh, why are they hiding everything
I'm seeking
Seeking everything I try and hide...

Oh no, there you go forgetting
To pull all the punches that need pulled
Sometimes, it's so much harder
To be the fool and not the fooled
Can't you see the way they
Pull the strings, and they watch the
Puppets dance
Oh meanwhile back at the ranch
What's going on...
I'd sure like to know...

	Is this just like a Calcutta auction
	Where the players get bought and sold
	Oh ladies and gentlemen, lay your money down
	Please don't believe all that you get told...

	And it's just like a Calcutta auction
	Where the players get bought and sold
	Ladies and gentlemen, lay all your money down
	Please don't believe all that you got told...

	Ah, welcome to the Calcutta auction
	Oh we've all been bought and sold
	Ladies and gentlemen, all your chips are down
	Oh you got to pay to play or else you fold...