Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Gambler , by - Busy Signal. Release date: 29.08.2011
Song language: English
The Gambler |
| The Gambler |
| Hmm… ohhh… hmmhmm… ohh… yeeeah… hothead! |
| On a warm summer’s evenin |
| On a train bound for nowhere |
| I met up with the gambler |
| We were both too tired to sleep |
| So we took turns to stairrin out the window at the darkness |
| Till boredom over took us and he begun to speak |
| He said 'son I’ve made a life, out of readin peoples faces |
| And knowing what their cards were by the way they held their eyes |
| So if you don’t mind me saying, I can see you’re out of aces |
| For the taste of your whisky, I’ll give you some advice |
| So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow |
| And he bummed a cigarrete, and asked me for a light |
| And the night dark gettin quiet, and his face lost all expression |
| Said if you 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, know when to run |
| You never count your money while sitting at the table |
| They will be time enough for counting when the deal is done |
| Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving |
| Is knowing what to throw in and knowing what to keep |
| Cause every hand’s a winner, and every hands a looser |
| And the best that you can hope for is to dyin to sleep |
| And when he finished speaking |
| He turned back towards the window |
| Crushed down his cigarette, faded off to sleep and somewhere in the darkness the |
| Gambler, he broke even but in his final words I found |
| A message I could keep |
| You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em |
| Know when to walk away, know when to run |
| You never count your money while sitting at the table |
| They will be time enough for counting when the deal is done |
| You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em |
| Know when to walk away, know when to run |
| You never count your money while sitting at the table |
| They will be time enough for counting when the deal is done |
| You got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em |
| Know when to walk away, know when to run |
| You never count your money while sitting at the table |
| They will be time enough for counting when the deal is done |