
Date of issue: 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 |
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