Pledge Pin - Robert Plant

Watch them go

'Cause one by one they rise to fall

Hearts in tow

It’s just a game — she’s only having fun

She laughs and turns away surprised

She mocks it’s all the same

Tonight’s the loss tomorrow’s gain

And in the end it’s so, oh

Stand in line

As one by one they march in time

In the wing

I stand and watch these foolish things go by

Just preparing for the play

Aloof she moves

The confidante, with practiced step

The merry dance she executes her role, role

As the cavalcade begins to thin

Do you stop and look around?

Free to choose, but not to win —

You’re just too late

Your show is at an end —

Now you’re the victim of your game

Through your fingers watch them slip

Familiar rules just hit and miss

For the one who never shows