It's a long way down to Reno Nevada It's a long way to your home     And the change in your pocket it's beginnig to grumble And you reap just about what you sow      You can walk down the street Pass your face in a window you can go fooling around you can work night and day take a chance on promotion you can fall through a hole in the ground                  Now there ain't no game like the game that you're playing When you've got a little something to lose     And there ain't no time like the time that you're wasting And you waste just about what you choose    There's a man at the table and you know he's been able To return all the odds that you lay But you can't feed your hunger And you ain't getting younger And your tounge it's got nothing to say                   It's a long way down to Reno Nevada It's a long way to your home       And the ground underneath you it's beginning to tremble And the sky up above you has grown     There's a time to be moving a time to be groving And a time just to climb up the wall But the odds they've doubled And it ain't worth the trouble and you're never going nowhere at all It's a long way down to Reno Nevada It's a long way to your home      And the ground underneath you it's beginning to tremble And the sky up above you has grown      There's a man at the table and you know he's been able To return all the odds that you lay But you can't feed your hunger And you ain't getting younger And your tounge it's got nothing to say