Learn them numbers quick 17 to 1 Learn them numbers quick They're the best odds we will get I know suspicions have Finally been aroused A fate so simple that Ain't no way I'm turnin' back Trouble came cheap But left expensive Trouble came home Ain't apprehensive Now here's the drill' Here's the thick You haven't heard the last of it Sharp as tacks They're all we get You better learn them numbers quick I sold out short I sold out fast Chained to my youth High horse of my past And for what I got I must admit It wasn't worth the half of it To hesitate, is to lost your way And I've seen lost for years I'm afraid Wanna swing from you Wanna swing Wanna swing from you Wanna swing I held the door While trouble crawled Past our iced And down the hall I held the door When it came back Better learn them numbers quick