The Gambler

On a warm summers evenin' on a train bound for nowhere I met up with a gambler we were both to tired to sleep So we took turns in starin' at the window at the darkness The boredom overtook us and he began to speak He said "son I've made my life at readin' peoples 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'd give you some advice So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow Then he bumed a cigarette and asked me for a light And the night got deathly quite and his face lost all expression He said if you're goin' play the game boy You got to 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 dealings done Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin' Is knowing what to throw away knowin' what to keep Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep And when he finished speakin' he turned back to the window Brushed out the cigarette and 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 never count your money when you're sittin' at the table There'll be time enough for coutin' when the dealings done You got to know when to hold 'em (When to hold 'em) Know when to fold 'em (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 dealings 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 your sittin' at the table There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealings done