The Gambler

<br>On a warm summers evening, <br>on a train bound for nowhere <br>I met up with a gambler, <br>we were both too tired to sleep <br>So we took turns at staring <br>out the window at the darkness <br>The boredom overtook us and he began to speak <br>He said, son I`ve made a life out of reading people`s faces <br>And knowing what the cards were, <br>by the way they held their eyes <br>So if you don`t mind my sayin`, <br>I can see you`re out of aces <br>For a taste of your whiskey, <br>I`ll give you some advice <br>So I handed him my bottle, <br>and he drank down my last swallow <br>Then he bummed a cigarette <br>and asked me for a light <br>And the night got deathly quiet, <br>and his face lost all expression <br>Said, if you`re gonna play the game, boy, <br>you gotta learn to play it right <br>Chorus: <br>You got to know when to hold `em, <br>know when to fold `em <br>Know when to walk away and know when to run <br>You never count your money, <br>when you`re sittin` at the table <br>There`ll be time enough for countin`, <br>when the dealin`s done <br>Every gambler knows that the secret to survive is <br>Knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep <br>`Cos every hand`s a winner and every hand`s a loser <br>And the best that you can hope for is that I end asleep <br>And when he finished speakin`, <br>he turned back for the window <br>Crushed out the cigarette, <br>faded off to sleep <br>And somewhere in the darkness, <br>the gambler he broke even <br>But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep <br>chorus repeats 3x