{"id":312,"date":"2021-05-10T03:11:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=312"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T06:04:24","slug":"gambler-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/gambler-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Gambler, The"},"content":{"rendered":"

C The Gambler, Kenny Rogers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On a warm summer’s evenin’, On a train bound for nowhere<\/span><\/strong>
\nI met up with a gambler, We were both too tired to sleep<\/span><\/strong>
\nSo we took turns a-starin’, Out the window at the darkness<\/span><\/strong>
\n‘Til the boredom overtook us, And he began to speak<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

He said, “Son, I’ve made a life, Out of readin’ people’s faces<\/span><\/strong>
\nKnowin’ what the cards were, By the way they held their eyes<\/span><\/strong>
\nSo if you don’t mind me sayin’, I can see you’re out of aces<\/span><\/strong>
\nFor a taste of your whiskey, I’ll give you some advice”.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So I handed him my bottle, And he drank down my last swallow<\/span><\/strong>
\nThen he bummed a cigarette, And asked me for a light<\/span><\/strong>
\nAnd the night got deathly quiet, And his faced lost all expression<\/span><\/strong>
\nHe said, “If you’re gonna play the game, boy, You gotta learn to play it right<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ve got to know when to hold ’em, Know when to fold ’em<\/span><\/strong>
\nKnow when to walk away, And know when to run<\/span><\/strong>
\nYou never count your money, When you’re sittin’ at the table<\/span><\/strong>
\nThere’ll be time enough for countin’, When the dealin’s done<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Every gambler knows, That the secret to survivin’<\/span><\/strong>
\nIs knowin’ what to throw away, And knowin’ what to keep<\/span><\/strong>
\n‘Cause every hand’s a winner, And every hand’s a loser<\/span><\/strong>
\nAnd the best that you can hope for is to die, in your sleep<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

And when he finished speakin’, He turned back toward the window<\/span><\/strong>
\nCrushed out his cigarette, And faded off to sleep<\/span><\/strong>
\nAnd somewhere in the darkness, The gambler he broke even<\/span><\/strong>
\nBut in his final words, I found an ace that I could keep<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

C The Gambler, Kenny Rogers On a warm summer’s evenin’, 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 ‘Til the boredom overtook us, And he began to speak … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGambler, The<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}