Kenny Rogers - The gambler

Tekst :

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
The boredom overtook us and he began to speak
He said, son I ve made a life out of reading people s faces
And knowing what the 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
Chorus:
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 dealin s done
Every gambler knows that the secret to survive is
Knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep
Cos every hand s a winner and every hand s a loser
And the best that you can hope for is that I end asleep
And when he finished speakin , he turned back for the window
Crushed out the cigarette, 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
chorus repeats 3x

Inne utwory

  • Long arm of the law
  • The best of me
  • Crazy
  • Through the years
  • The only way i know
  • There you go again
  • You decorated my life
  • The heart of the matter
  • Lady
  • Love will turn you around
  • Reuben James
  • If i could only change your mind
  • Lucille
  • Desperado
  • Losowe utwory

    Heart with no complaint

    And I greet you from the other side
    Of sorrow and despair
    With that love so vast and shattered
    It will reach you everywhere

    And I sing this for the captain
    Whose ship has not been built
    For the mother in confusion

    Who

    How you gonna reckon with a God like this?
    When you gonna face what you can t dismiss?
    Whatcha gonna say to the... Soul Kiss that is my God?
    Fearsome like the sag in a fat man s chair?
    Sweeter than a patch of Rogaine hair?
    How do you define what you can t compare?
    This...

    Fragile (Free)

    I`ve been walking around all day, thinking
    I think i have a problem, I think I think too much
    I`ve been tought to hold back my tears and avoid them
    but you`ve made pain into something I could touch

    I`ve been walking around all day, laughing
    Think I`d be better off whithout you here
    And I...

    Swamp

    In still silence
    in still silence she comes
    slower moves of desperation
    i feel the taste of moor
    smell the colour of time
    gimme your helping hand
    catch me if i fall
    ‘cause i’m so blind
    i’m sinking in the moor of slime

    Cover me my love
    cover me my love
    you have the combination
    to fight for liberation

    In a dress
    dress of...

    House on fire

    She Strides Down 7th Street
    Smokey Night- Summer Heat
    Commotion - Concrete Fires
    Where Neon Souls Are Burning

    His Whole Life- a Hung Jury
    She Was the Crime- Wheel s Gonna Pay
    She s Got Blue Steel; Cocked and Locked
    She Is Justice- and Justice Is Burning

    She s Turning the Tables Upside Down
    She s Like a Flame,...