Years ago, Glenn Frey did a song called The Smugglers Blues. TRG rewrote the lyrics, licensed the song for commercial use, and had a professional singer perform The Casino Kombat Blues as a theme song for the podcast. Here are TRG’s lyrics, an MP3 file of the song is available in the FRED section of the website.
There’s profits in the casino tonight
I can feel it in my bones, I had a premonition
You should probably play alone
I know the house has an advantage,
But that’s part of the thrill
If we follow the core koncepts, the chips begin to spill
So baby, here’s your players card
Put your bankroll in your hand, use just some of that money now
Do it just the way we planned
Just follow the core koncpets, and you could win several grand
It’s good if it goes down like that
You don’t have to play to lose, it’s gambling as a business
The casino kombat blues, casino kombat blues
The dealers and pit bosses, the security and the law
The winning and the the losing and the tricks nobody saw
No matter if it’s blackjack, Roulette, or Craps
You’ve got to carry defense, ’cause you always carry cash
There’s lots of shady characters, lots of dirty deals
Everyone has an alias, cause that’s more fun we feel
It’s the lure of winning money, it’s got a very strong appeal
Perhaps you’d understand it better
Standin’ in my shoes, it’s the ultimate enticement
It’s the Casino Kombat blues, casino kombat blues
You don’t see it in the headlines, you don’t hear it ev’ry day
No one’s trying to stop us and we don’t need to go away
We can gamble in Las Vegas, We can gamble in LA,
We can gamble out in Tunica, I mean we’re here to stay
Gambling’s propping up the budgets of folks like me and you
You ask any casino manager, he’ll say there’s nothin’ he can do
From the pockets of the casino
Right down to me and you, me and you
It’s a winning proposition and one you shouldn’t refuse
It’s just the core koncepts,
The casino kombat blues, casino kombat blues.
It’s a winning proposition and one you shouldn’t refuse
It’s just the core koncepts,
The casino kombat bles, casino kombat blues.