The Gambler

VERSE 1

On a warm summers evening,

On a train bound for nowhere,

I met up with a gambler

We were both

Too tired to sleep.

So we took turns at staring out

The window at the darkness,

Till boredom over took

us and he began to speak,

He sais "Son I've made a life

outta reading peoples faces".

Knowing what the cards were by

the way they held their eyes.

So if you don't mind me sayin

I can see your outta aces

For ataste of your whisky I'll give you some advice.

So I handed him my bottle

and he drank down my last swallow,

then he bombed a cigarette and asked me for a light.

And the night got deathly

quiet and his face lost

all expresion said If your gonna

play the game boy you gotta

learn to play it right.

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You gotta know when to hold them,

Know when to fold them,

Know when to walk away, know when to run.

You never count your money when your sitting at the table,

There'll be time enough for counting when the dealings done.

VERSE 2

Every gambler knows that

The secret to survival is knowing

What to throw away

And knowing what to keep.

'Cause every hands

A winner and every hands

A loser and the best that

You can hope for is to die in your sleep.

And when he finished

Speaking 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.

And in his final words

I found an ace that I could keep.

CHORUS