Divine Intervention

Album: Foreign Tongues (2026)
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    Walking down the street in New York City
    A sandwich bar at the end of the world at night
    I looked up and saw the bare end ass of Scotland
    Scrambling to the four poles in the sky
    Watch 'em fly

    But meanwhile we just keep on running
    Going to the football every Saturday night

    Yeah
    Divine intervention
    Is out of the question
    I go to dance in the flames, yeah
    Divine intervention
    Is out of the question
    Life ain't a gambling game
    It's a gambling game

    Driving down an alley in a rundown part of Hollywood
    Saw her neon light up the side of the sign
    Through the gloom I asked her, "What's my future?"
    Well, she threw up and then broke down and cried
    Tears in her eyes
    But I kept moving on to silver head
    To play guitar with a brand-new friend of mine

    Yeah
    Divine intervention
    Is out of the question
    I go to dance in the flames, yeah
    'Cause divine intervention
    Is out of the question
    Life is a gambling game
    It's a gambling game

    Yeah
    Divine intervention
    Is out of the question
    I go to dance in the flame, yeah
    Divine intervention
    Won't give you protection
    Life is a gambling game

    Yeah
    Oh, yeah
    Come on, yeah

    Mm, when the walls cave in
    And the lights go dim
    And I drag you out again
    Well, dystopian values are too hot to handle
    And I'm going out in a blaze
    Can we run any faster?
    It's a total disaster
    I, I, I'm going down in the flames
    Yeah, when they try to arrest you
    I'll come to your rescue
    Life is a gambling game Writer/s: Keith Richards, Mick Jagger
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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