The Gambler

Kenny Rogers, Blake Shelton

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  S1:
  On a warm summer´s evening 

  On a train bound for nowhere 

  I met up with the gambler 

  We were both too tired to sleep 

  So we took turns a staring 

  Out the window at the darkness 

  ´Til boredom overtook us  

  And he began to speak
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  S2:
  He said, Son, I´ve made my life 

  Out of reading people´s faces 

  And knowing what their cards were 

  By the way they held their eyes 

  So if you don´t mind my sayin´ 

  I can see you´re out of aces 

  For a taste of your whiskey 

  I´ll give you some advice
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  S3:
  So I handed him my bottle 

  And he drank down my last swallow 

  Then he bummed a cigarette 

  And asked me for a light 

  And the night got deathly quiet 

  And his face lost all expression 

  Said, if you´re gonna play the game, boy 

  Your gotta learn to play it right
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  R1:
  You´ve got to know when to hold´em 

  Know when to fold them 

  Know when to walk away  

  And know when to run 

  You never count your money 

  When your sittin´ at the table 

  There´ll be time enough for counting 

  When the dealing´s done
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  S4:
  Every gambler knows 

  That the secret to survivin´ 

  Is knowing what to throw away 

  And knowing 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
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  S5:
  And when he finished speaking 

  He turned back towards the window 

  Crushed out his 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
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  R1:
  You´ve got to know when to hold´em 

  Know when to fold them 

  Know when to walk away  

  And know when to run 

  You never count your money 

  When your sittin´ at the table 

  There´ll be time enough for counting 

  When the dealing´s done
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  R1:
  You´ve got to know when to hold´em 

  Know when to fold them 

  Know when to walk away  

  And know when to run 

  You never count your money 

  When your sittin´ at the table 

  There´ll be time enough for counting 

  When the dealing´s done
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  R1:
  You´ve got to know when to hold´em 

  Know when to fold them 

  Know when to walk away  

  And know when to run 

  You never count your money 

  When your sittin´ at the table 

  There´ll be time enough for counting 

  When the dealing´s done