The Gambler lyrics - Busy Signal

The Gambler

Hmm... ohhh... hmmhmm... ohh... yeeeah... hothead!

On a warm summer's evenin

On a train bound for nowhere

I met up with the gambler

We were both too tired to sleep

So we took turns to stairrin out the window at the darkness

Till boredom over took us and he begun to speak

He said 'son I've made a life, out of readin peoples faces

And knowing what their cards were by the way they held their eyes

So if you don't mind me saying, I can see you're out of aces

For the taste of your whisky, I'll give you some advice

So I handed him my bottle, and he drank down my last swallow

And he bummed a cigarrete, and asked me for a light

And the night dark gettin quiet, and his face lost all expression

Said if you 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 while sitting at the table

They will be time enough for counting when the deal is done

Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving

Is knowing what to throw in and knowing what to keep

Cause every hand's a winner, and every hands a looser

And the best that you can hope for is to dyin to sleep

And when he finished speaking

He turned back towards the window

Crushed down his cigarette, faded off to sleep and somewhere in the darkness the

Gambler, he broke even but in his final words I found

A message 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 while sitting at the table

They will be time enough for counting when the deal 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 never count your money while sitting at the table

They will be time enough for counting when the deal 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 never count your money while sitting at the table

They will be time enough for counting when the deal is done