A grinder is a poker player who earns a living by making small profits over a long period of consistent, conservative play. "Conservative" can mean playing only low-stakes games against inexperienced players.
lyrics
With this hand, I've posted blinds 100,000 times.
Yeah, been 'bout that many rounds.
After a while, don't feel as much
The ups and downs.
Stack's high, my heart don't pound.
Stack's down, I don't pout.
And all these squares sit down.
Think they can draw me out?
They believe that it matters what they do.
But for all their superstitions,
Each card remains one in fifty-two.
Yeah, well, they come and go.
Funny how they can't even see that what they believe
Is not the same as what they know.
Sometimes wonder, though I know
This is no place you'd visit,
Think maybe soon I'll just run into you.
Well, that's no so bright, now is it?
I do well, and you should see.
Checks dance so erratic, somehow still settle with me.
I believe that there was another track.
But that train's pulled away now,
And I got nothing now. Nothing for to drag that back.
Yeah, and I've had my go.
Funny when you can't even see that what you believe
Is not the same as what you know.
I take my hit, but I keep grinding on.
GRINDER: “Make it two.”
DEALER: “Two bets.”
GRINDER: “What? I know you don't have it. Lay down, kid.”
credits
from
"The Grinder's Tale" 3P,
released 05 July 2009
music by Tyler Currier, Nelson Pavlosky and Brian Rose
lyrics by Brian Rose