They built a casino out under the stars

With neon lights blinking on tired rusty cars

Card sharks take my money whiskey puts me in jail

An oasis of misery I know it so well

I pawned my last silver it sparkled and shined

And a beautiful ring from the Black Hills gold mines

A hole in my pocket that money did burn

A loser beyond the point of return

My woman couldn't take my Friday night ways

She left me in search of her better days

Now I'm tortured by silence and being alone

And the shadows of evil that inherit my bones

So it's back to the place

Where I gamble on hope

My name once respected is now but a joke

As I stumble back home I murmur a prayer

I can't help but wonder is God really there