ON A WARM SU MMER'S E VENIN'
ON A TRAIN BOUND FOR NO WHERE
I MET UP WITH THE GAM BLER
WE WERE BOTH TOO TI RED TO SLEEP
SO WE TOOK TURNS A- STA RIN'
OUT THE WIN DOW AT THE DARK NESS
THE BORE DOM O VER TOOK US
HE BE GAN TO SPEAK
HE SAID SON I'VE MADE A LIFE
OUT OF REA DIN' PEO PLE'S FA CES
KNO WIN' WHAT THE CARDS WERE
BY THE WAY THEY HELD THEIR EYES
AND IF YOU DON'T
MIND MY SAY IN'
I CAN SEE YOU'RE OUT OF A CES
FOR A TASTE OF YOUR WHIS KEY
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME AD VICE
SO I HAN DED HIM MY BO TTLE
AND HE DRANK DOWN
MY LAST SWA LLOW
THEN HE BUMMED A CI GA RETTE
AND ASKED ME FOR A LIGHT
AND THE NIGHT GOT DEATH LY QUI ET
AND HIS FACE LOST ALL EX PRE SSION
HE SAID IF YOU'RE GO NNA
PLAY THE GAME BOY
YOU GO TTA LEARN TO PLAY IT RIGHT
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO HOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO WALK A WAY
KNOW WHEN TO RUN
YOU NE VER COUNT YOUR MO NEY
WHEN YOU'RE SI TTIN' AT THE TA BLE
THERE'LL BE TIME E NOUGH
FOR COUN TIN'
E VERY GAM BLER KNOWS
THE SE CRET TO SUR VI VIN'
IS KNO WIN' WHAT TO THROW A WAY
AND KNO WIN' WHAT TO KEEP
'COS E VERY HAND'S A WI NNER
AND E VERY HAND'S A LO SER
AND THE BEST THAT
YOU CAN HOPE FOR
IS TO DIE IN YOUR SLEEP
AND WHEN HE FI NISHED SPEA KIN'
HE TURNED BACK
TOWARD THE WIN DOW
CRUSHED OUT HIS CI GA RETTE
AND FA DED OFF TO SLEEP
AND SOME WHERE IN
THE DARK NESS
THE GAM BLER HE BROKE E VEN
AND IN HIS FI NAL WORDS I FOUND
AN ACE THAT I COULD KEEP
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO HOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO WALK A WAY
KNOW WHEN TO RUN
YOU NE VER COUNT YOUR MO NEY
WHEN YOU'RE SI TTIN' AT THE TA BLE
THERE'LL BE TIME E NOUGH
FOR COUN TIN'
WHEN THE DEA LIN'S DONE
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO HOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO WALK A WAY
KNOW WHEN TO RUN
YOU NE VER COUNT YOUR MO NEY
WHEN YOU'RE SI TTIN' AT THE TA BLE
THERE'LL BE TIME E NOUGH
FOR COUN TIN'
WHEN THE DEA LIN'S DONE
YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW
WHEN TO HOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO FOLD 'EM
KNOW WHEN TO WALK A WAY
KNOW WHEN TO RUN
YOU NE VER COUNT YOUR MO NEY
WHEN YOU'RE SI TTIN' AT THE TA BLE
THERE'LL BE TIME E NOUGH
FOR COUN TIN'
