The Gambler (Kenny Roger)


On a warm summer's evenin' on a train ____________ for nowhere,
I ______ up with the gambler; we ________ both too tired to sleep.
So we _______ turns a ________' out the window at the __________
'Til boredom ___________ us, and he _________ to speak.

He ________, "Son, I've ________ my life out of ___________' people's faces,
And ________' what their cards _______ by the way they _______ their eyes.
so if you _________ mind my sayin', I _______ see you're out of _______.
For a ________ of your whiskey ________ give you some advice."

So I __________ him my bottle and he _________ down my last _________.
Then he _________ a cigarette and _________ me for a ________.
And the night ______ deathly quiet, and his face ________ all expression.
Said, "If you're _______ play the game, boy, ya ______ learn to play it right.

You _____ to know when to _______ 'em, know when to ________ 'em,
Know when to ________ away and know when to _____.
You never ________ your money when you're _______' at the table. (Chorus)
_________ be time enough for _________' when the ________ done.

Ev'ry gambler knows that the _______ to _________
Is knowin' what to _______ away and knowing what to _______.
'Cause ev'ry hand's a ________ and ev'ry hand's a _______,
And the best that you can hope ______ is to die _____ your sleep."

When ______ finished speakin', he ________ back towards the window,
___________ out his cigarette and ________ off to sleep.
And somewhere in the __________ the gambler, he ________ even.
But in his final words I ________ an ace that I _________ keep.

You _______ to know when to _______ 'em, know when to _______ 'em,
Know when to _______ away and know when to ______.
You never _________ your money when you're ________' at the table.
__________ be time enough for __________' when the _________ done.

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