Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band performing "Still The Same" (Live From San Diego, CA 1978)
"Still the Same" is a song written and recorded by the American singer Bob Seger in 1978. It peaked at number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
"Still the Same" is a midtempo ballad that begins with what Billboard Magazine describes as a "catchy piano" part. According to Harrison, the harmony vocals by Venetta Fields, Clydie King and Shirley Matthews give the song an r&b flavor.
The lyrics describe a gambler who the singer has admired but in the end walks away from because he won't change." Seger has said that he has been asked for years who the song is about, and that it is actually an amalgamation of characters he met when he first went to Hollywood.
Lyrics
You always won, everytime you placed a bet
You're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet
Everytime they were sure they had you caught
You were quicker than they thought
You'd just turn your back and walk
You always said, the cards would never do you wrong
The trick you said was never play the game too long
A gambler's share, the only risk that you would take
The only loss you could forsake
The only bluff you couldn't fake
And you're still the same
I caught up with you yesterday
Moving game to game
No one standing in your way
Turning on the charm
Long enough to get you by
You're still the same
You still aim high
There you stood, everybody watched you play
I just turned and walked away
I had nothing left to say
'Cause you're still the same
You're still the same
Moving game to game
Some things never change
You're still the same
