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Johnny Cash - The Gambler Lyrics

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  • Written by Don Schlitz.
  • ( Writers Night Music.)
  • From "Gone Girl", 1978, CBS.
  • About 20 years ago, on a train bound for nowhere,
  • I met up with The Gambler; We were both too tired to sleep.
  • So we took turns a starin' through the window at the darkness.
  • Til' boredom overtook us and he commenced to speak.
  • He said: "Son, I've made a life out of readin' people's faces,
  • "And knowin' what their cards were, by the way they held their eyes.
  • "And if you don't mind my sayin', I would say you're out of aces;
  • "And for one taste of your whiskey, I will give you some advice."
  • So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow.
  • Then he bummed a cigarette; then he bummed a light.
  • The night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression.
  • He said: "If you're gonna play the game, boy, you better learn to play it right."
  • "'Cos ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survival,
  • "Is knowin' what to throw away and knowin' what to keep.
  • "And ev'ry hand's a winner, just like ev'ry hand's a loser.
  • "And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.
  • "You got to know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em.
  • "Know when to walk away; know when to run.
  • "You don't ever count your money while you're sittin' at the table.
  • "There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' 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 don't ever count your money while you're sittin' at the table.
  • "There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' is done."
  • And when he finished speakin', he turned back t'ward the window.
  • Put out his 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.
  • "You got to know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em.
  • "Know when to walk away; know when to run.
  • "You don't ever count your money while you're sittin' at the table.
  • "There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' 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 don't ever count your money while you're sittin' at the table.
  • "There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' 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 don't ever count your money while you're sittin' at the table.
  • "There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin' is done."

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