Kenny Rogers - The Gambler - Karaoke Version from Zoom Karaoke
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Song lyrics:
ON A WARM SUMMER’S EVENIN’
ON A TRAIN
BOUND FOR NOWHERE
I MET UP WITH A GAMBLER
WE WERE BOTH
TOO TIRED TO SLEEP
SO WE TOOK TURNS A-STARIN’
OUT THE WINDOW
AT THE DARKNESS
’TIL BOREDOM OVERTOOK US
AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK
HE SAID SON, I’VE MADE MY LIFE
OUT OF READIN’ PEOPLE’S FACES
AND KNOWIN’ WHAT
THE CARDS WERE
BY THE WAY
THEY HELD THEIR EYES
SO, IF YOU DON’T
MIND ME 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
THEN 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
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
WHEN YOU’RE SITTIN’
AT THE TABLE
THERE’LL BE TIME
ENOUGH FOR COUNTIN’
WHEN THE DEALIN’S DONE
NOW EVERY GAMBLER KNOWS
THE SECRET TO SURVIVIN’
IS KNOWIN’ WHAT
TO THROW AWAY
KNOWIN’ WHAT TO KEEP
’CAUSE EVERY HAND’S A WINNER
AND EVERY HAND’S A LOSER
AND THE BEST
YOU CAN HOPE FOR
IS TO DIE IN YOUR SLEEP
SO WHEN HE’D FINISHED SPEAKIN’
HE TURNED BACK
TOWARD THE WINDOW
CRUSHED OUT HIS CIGARETTE
AND FADED OFF TO SLEEP
THEN 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 NEVER COUNT YOUR MONEY
WHEN YOU’RE SITTIN’
AT THE TABLE
THERE’LL BE TIME
ENOUGH FOR COUNTIN’
WHEN THE DEALIN’S 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
WHEN YOU’RE SITTIN’
AT THE TABLE
THERE’LL BE TIME
ENOUGH FOR COUNTIN’
WHEN THE DEALIN’S 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
WHEN YOU’RE SITTIN’
AT THE TABLE
THERE’LL BE TIME
ENOUGH FOR COUNTIN’
WHEN THE DEALIN’S DONE