The Gambler(Live)

On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere

  • On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere
  • I met up with a gambler
  • We were both too tired to sleep
  • So we took turns a-starin' out the window at the darkness
  • 'Til boredom overtook us and he began to speak
  • He said son I've made
  • A life out of readin' people's faces
  • And knowin' what their cards
  • Were by the way they held their eyes
  • So if you don't mind my sayin'
  • I can see you're out of aces
  • For a taste of your whiskey
  • I'll give you some advice
  • So I handed him my bottle
  • And he drank down my last swallow
  • Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light
  • And the night got deathly
  • Quiet and his face lost all expression
  • Said if you're gonna play the game boy
  • You gotta learn to play it right
  • You got to know when to
  • Hold 'em know when to fold 'em
  • Know when to walk away and know when to run
  • You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
  • There'll be time enough for
  • Countin' when the dealing's done
  • Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
  • Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep
  • 'Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser
  • And the best you can
  • Hope for is to die in your sleep
  • And when he finished speakin'
  • He turned back towards the window
  • Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep
  • And somewhere in the darkness
  • The gambler he broke even
  • But in his final words
  • I found an ace that I could keep
  • You got to know when to
  • Hold 'em know when to fold 'em
  • Know when to walk away and know when to run
  • You never count your money
  • When you're sittin' at the table
  • There'll be time enough for
  • Countin' when the dealing's done
  • You got to know when to hold 'em
  • When to hold 'em
  • Know when to fold 'em
  • When to fold 'em
  • Know when to walk away know when to run
  • You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
  • There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
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