Released: November 15, 2005

Songwriter: Bloodshy & Avant Henrik Jonback Madonna

Producer: Bloodshy & Avant Madonna

[Intro]
How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?

[Verse 1]
It's funny
I spent my whole life wanting to be talked about
I did it
Just about everything to see my name in lights

[Pre-Chorus]
Was it all worth it?
And how did I earn it?
Nobody's perfect
I guess I deserve this

[Chorus]
How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make?
Does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone?
Will any of this matter?

[Verse 2]
It's funny
How everybody mentions my name, but they're never very nice
I took it
Just about everything, except my own advice

[Pre-Chorus]
Was it all worth it?
And how did I earn it?
Nobody's perfect
I guess I deserve this

[Chorus]
How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make?
(Nothing lasts forever) Does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone?
(Doesn't make a difference) Will any of this matter?

[Bridge]
How high? Doesn't make a difference
Nothing lasts forever
Should I? Will it matter when I'm gone?
Will any of this matter?
How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
Should I carry on?
Will it matter when I'm gone?

[Chorus]
How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make?
Does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone?
Will any of this matter?
How high are the stakes? How much fortune can you make? (How high? Doesn't make a difference)
(Nothing lasts forever) Does this get any better?
Should I carry on? Will it matter when I'm gone? (Should I? Will it matter when I'm gone?)
(Doesn't make a difference) Will any of this matter?

[Outro]
How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
Should I carry on?
Will it matter when I'm gone?
How high are the stakes?
How much fortune can you make?
Should I carry on?
Will it matter when I'm gone?

Madonna

With more than 300 million copies of her albums sold, Madonna is the most successful female artist of all time.

Her career as a singer, songwriter, producer and entertainer has spanned almost 40 years, with the release of 14 studio albums, making her impact on pop culture undeniable, inspiring almost every big female act to come up after her.

An activist for LGBT and women’s rights through almost all of her career, she has brought up several controversial topics to the pop music scene such as abortion, sexual freedom, female empowerment and the search for fame.