The Gambler-Don Schlitz

[ti:The Gambler] [ar:Don Schlitz] [al:Don Schlitz Live At The Bluebird Café] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Gambler (赌徒) - Don Schlitz [00:18.00]On a warm summer's evening on a train bound for nowhere [00:23.30] [00:24.29]I met up with a gambler we were both too tired to sleep [00:29.35] [00:30.18]So we took turns a-staring out the window at the darkness [00:35.20] [00:36.25]The boredom overtook us and he began to speak [00:41.62]He said "Son I've made my life out of reading people's faces [00:47.31] [00:48.97]And knowing what the cards were by the way they held their eyes [00:53.53] [00:54.19]So if you don't mind my sayin' I can see you're out of aces [00:59.15] [01:00.07]For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice" [01:05.52] [01:06.26]So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow [01:11.43] [01:13.09]Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light [01:16.89]And the night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression [01:23.71] [01:24.50]Said "If you're gonna play the game boy you gotta learn to play it right" [01:29.38] [01:30.74]Now every gambler knows the secret to survivin' [01:35.67] [01:37.44]Is knowing what to throw away knowing what to keep [01:41.97] [01:42.62]Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser [01:48.23] [01:48.89]And the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep [01:54.57]You got to know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em [02:00.63] [02:01.94]Know when to walk away know when to run [02:06.59]You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table [02:12.79] [02:13.30]There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done [02:18.35] [02:34.02]So when he'd finished speakin' he turned back toward the window [02:38.47] [02:40.13]Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep [02:44.87]Then somewhere in the darkness the gambler he broke even [02:50.99] [02:52.19]But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep [02:57.01]You got to know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em [03:03.88] [03:04.73]Know when to walk away know when to run [03:09.68]You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table [03:16.31]There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done [03:21.84]There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done