on a warm summer's evening
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on a train bouncing nowhere
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i met up with a gambler
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we were both too tired to sleep
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so we took turns to staring
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at the window at the darkness to boredom overtook us
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and he began to speak
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he said son i've made a life
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out of reading people's faces
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knowing what the cards were
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by the way they held their eyes
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so if you don't mind my saying
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i can see you're out of aces
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for a taste of your whiskey
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i'll give you some advice
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so i handed him my bottle
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and he drank down my last swallow
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then he bummed a cigarette
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and asked me for a lie
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and the night got deathly quiet
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and his face lost all expression
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said if you're gonna play the game
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boy you gotta learn to play
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play it right
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you got to know when to hold up
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know when to fold up
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know when to walk away
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and know when to run
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you never
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count your money
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when you're sitting at the table
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there'll be time enough for counting
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when the dealing's done
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every gambler knows
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but the secret to surviving
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is knowing what to throw away
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knowing what to keep
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cause every hand's a winner
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and every hand's a loser
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and the best that you can hope for
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is to die in your sleep
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and when he finished speaking
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he turned back toward the window
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crushed out his cigarette
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and faded off to sleep
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and somewhere in the darkness
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the gambler he broke even but in his final words
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i found an ace that i could keep
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you got to know when to hold her
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know when to fold her
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know when to walk away
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and know when to run
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you never count your money
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when you're sitting at the table
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there'll be time enough
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for counting when the dealing's done
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you got like no winter holy
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winter holy
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no winter falling
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no winter falling
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no wind to walk away
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no wind to run
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you never count your money
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when you're sitting at the table
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there'll be time enough for counting
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when the dealing's done
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you got no wind to hold them
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no wind to fold them
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no wind to walk away
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no window runs
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you never count your money
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when you're sitting at the table
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there'll be time enough
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and counting when the deal is done
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