Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
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On
a
warm
sum
mer’s
eve
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On
a
train
~
bound
for
no
where
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I
met
up
with
~
the
gam
bler
174
We
were
both
too
~
tired
to
sleep
229
So
~
we
took
turns
a-
star
in’
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Out
the
win
dow
at
the
dark
ness
~
~
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The
bore
dom
o
~
ver
took
us
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And
he
be
gan
~
to
speak
474
He
said
~:
"Son
~,
I’ve
made
a
life
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Out
of
read
in’
peo
ple’s
fac
es
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Know
in’
what
the
cards
were
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By
the
way
they
held
their
~
eyes
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So
if
you
don’t
mind
~
me
say
in’
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I
can
see
~
you’re
out
~
of
ac
es
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For
a
taste
of
your
whis
key
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I’ll
give
you
some
~
~
ad
vice"
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So
I
hand
ed
him
my
bot
tle
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And
he
drank
~
down
my
last
swal
low
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Then
he
bummed
a
cig
a
rette
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And
asked
me
for
a
light
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And
the
night
got
death
ly
quiet
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And
his
faced
lost
all
ex
pres
sion
1388
Said,
if
you’re
gon
~
na
play
the
game,
boy
~
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You
got
ta
learn
to
play
~
~
it
~
right
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You’ve
got
~
to
know
when
to
hold
’em
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Know
when
to
fold
’em
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Know
when
to
walk
a
way
~
~
1716
And
know
when
to
run
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You
nev
~
er
count
your
~
mo
ney
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When
you’re
sit
tin’
at
the
ta
ble
~
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There’ll
be
time
~
e
nough
~
for
count
in’
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When
the
deal
~
in’s
done
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Eve
ry
gam
bler
knows
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That
the
se
cret
to
sur
viv
in’
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Is
know
in’
what
to
throw
a
way
~
2320
Know
in’
what
to
keep
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’Cause
~
eve
ry
hand’s
~
a
win
ner
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And
eve
ry
hand’s
~
a
los
er
~
~
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And
the
best
that
you
can
~
hope
for
~
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Is
to
die
~
in
~
your
sleep
~
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And
when
he
fin
ished
speak
in’
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He
turned
back
to
ward
the
win
dow
~
2757
Crushed
out
his
cig
a
rette
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Fad
ed
off
to
sleep
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And
some
where
in
the
dark
ness
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The
gam
~
bler
he
broke
~
e
ven
~
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But
in
his
fi
nal
words
I
found
~
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An
ace
that
I
~
~
could
keep
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You’ve
~
got
~
to
know
when
to
hold
’em
3216
Know
when
to
fold
’em
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Know
when
to
walk
a
way
~
~
3357
And
know
when
to
run
3404
You
~
nev
~
er
count
your
~
mo
ney
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When
you’re
sit
tin’
at
the
ta
ble
~
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There’ll
be
time
~
e
nough
~
for
count
in’
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When
the
deal
~
in’s
done
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You’ve
~
got
~
to
know
when
to
hold
’em
3729
Know
when
to
fold
’em
3796
Know
when
to
walk
a
way
~
~
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And
know
when
to
run
3917
You
~
nev
~
er
count
your
~
mo
ney
3983
When
you’re
sit
tin’
at
the
ta
ble
~
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There’ll
be
time
~
e
nough
~
for
count
in’
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When
the
deal
~
in’s
done
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You’ve
~
got
~
to
know
~
when
to
hold
’em
4242
Know
when
to
fold
’em
4309
Know
when
to
walk
a
way
~
~
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And
know
when
to
run
4429
You
~
nev
~
er
count
your
~
mo
ney
4496
When
you’re
sit
tin’
at
the
ta
ble
~
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There’ll
be
time
~
e
nough
~
for
count
in’
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When
the
deal
~
in’s
done