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The Gambler (feat. Heinz Dyck & Sherry Kennedy)

from My Electronic Country Album by Ohama

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lyrics

The Gambler
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 boredom overtook us and he began to speak.

He said, "Son, I’ve made a life out of readin’ people’s faces,
And knowin’ what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don’t mind my sayin’ I can see you’re out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I’ll give you some advice."

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, "If you’re gonna play the game boy ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold ’em know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

Every gambler knows that the secret to surviving
is knowin’ what to throw away knowing what to keep.
’cause every hand’s a winner and every hand’s a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

And when he’d finished speakin’, he turned back toward the window,
crushed out his cigarette faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
but in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold ’em know when to fold ’em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you’re sittin’ at the table.
There’ll be time enough for countin’ when the dealin’s done.

credits

from My Electronic Country Album, released February 22, 2017
Composer - Don Schlitz
Lyricist - Don Schlitz
Composition Type Cover Song
Songwriter Sony / Atv Tunes / D / B / A Cross Keys Pub

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Tona Walt Ohama grew up on a potato farm in rural Alberta. As a child, he became infatuated with music. When he was a teenager he came across a synthesizer in a music store and immediately purchased it, obsessed with it’s weird unconventional sounds. Shortly afterwards he was introduced to the music of John Foxx and his next big purchase was a reel-to-reel tape recorder. ... more

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