| And his love will be his vision
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| And he’ll take you where you stand
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| And will you stand your life by his
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| And help the boy become a man
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| And he’d be the son of his father his father the teacher
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| Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler
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| For the son of the son of run of the mill run
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| Rotten gambler
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| Will the devil be getting to you as you look back
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| Over what you’ve done
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| And what you’ve done was it for reason or rhyme
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| Was it just for fun
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| And he’d be the son of his father his father the teacher
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| Teachin' love and honesty being his own man handler
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| For the son of the son of run of the mill run
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| Rotten gambler
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| Back on the road now you can lose your head
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| There ain’t no kingdom for the gambling man
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| You know the road now and you’ve made your stand
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| When his eyes shine upon you shine upon you
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| And he’d be the son of his father his father the teacher
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| Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler
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| For the son of the son of run of the mill run
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| Rotten gambler
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| Back on the road now you can lose your head
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| There ain’t no kingdom for the gambling man
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| You know the road now and you’ve made your stand
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| When his eyes shine upon you shine upon you
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| And he’d be the son of his father his father the teacher
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| Teaching love and honesty being his own man handler
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| Or the son of the son of run of the mill run
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| Rotten gambler |