♪♪♪
♪ ON A WARM
SUMMER'S EVENING ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ TILL BOREDOM OVERTOOK US ♪
♪ AND HE BEGAN TO SPEAK ♪
♪ HE SAID, "SON, I'VE
MADE A 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 MY 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 ♪
♪ AND 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, ♪
♪ AND 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 DEALING'S DONE ♪
♪ EVERY GAMBLER KNOWS ♪
♪ THAT THE SECRET TO SURVIVIN' ♪
♪ IS KNOWIN' WHAT
TO THROW AWAY ♪
♪ AND 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
TOWARD 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 ♪
♪ YOU GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO HOLD 'EM ♪
♪ KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM ♪
♪ KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY ♪
♪ AND 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 DEALING'S DONE ♪
♪ YOU'VE 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 ♪
♪ AND 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 DEALING'S DONE ♪
♪ YOU GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO HOLD 'EM ♪
♪ KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM ♪
♪ KNOW WHEN TO WALK AWAY ♪
♪ AND 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 DEALING'S DONE ♪
