[00:00.06]The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
[00:05.74]On a warm summer  s evenin  
[00:08.08]On a train bound for nowhere
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[00:11.16]I met up with the gambler we were both too tired to sleep
[00:16.09]So we took turns a starin  
[00:18.70]Out the window at the darkness
[00:21.67]  Til boredom overtook us and he began to speak
[00:26.51]He said son i  ve made a life
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[00:29.47]Out of readin   people  s faces
[00:32.31]And knowin   what their cards were by the way they held their eyes
[00:37.56]So if you don  t mind my sayin  
[00:40.06]I can see you  re out of aces
[00:43.02]For a taste of your whiskey i  ll give you some advice
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[00:49.36]So i handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow
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[00:55.88]Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light
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[01:00.72]And the night got deathly quiet and his face lost all expression
[01:06.01]Said if you  re gonna play the game
[01:08.08]Boy you gotta learn to play it right
[01:11.26]You got to know when to hold   em
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[01:14.89]Know when to fold   em
[01:16.76]
[01:17.66]Know when to walk away and know when to run
[01:22.26]You never count your money
[01:24.65]
[01:25.25]When you  re sittin   at the table
[01:27.98]There  ll be time enough for countin  
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[01:31.34]When the dealing  s done
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[01:38.45]Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin  
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[01:43.55]Is knowin   what to throw away
[01:46.40]And knowing what to keep
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[01:48.81]  Cause every hand  s a winner
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[01:51.60]And every hand  s a loser
[01:54.39]And the best that you can hope
[01:56.19]For is to die in your sleep
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[01:59.77]And when he finished speakin  
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[02:02.69]He turned back towards the window
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[02:05.95]Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep
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[02:10.86]And somewhere in the darkness the gambler
[02:14.63]He broke even
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[02:16.80]But in his final words i found an ace that i could keep
[02:21.86]You got to know when to hold   em
[02:24.64]
[02:25.77]Know when to fold   em
[02:27.55]
[02:28.46]Know when to walk away and know when to run
[02:33.14]You never count your money when you  re sittin   at the table
[02:38.81]There  ll be time enough for countin  
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[02:42.22]When the dealing  s done
[02:44.23]You got to know when to hold   em
[02:46.56]When to fold   em
[02:47.95]Know when to fold   em
[02:49.46]When to fold   em
[02:50.71]Know when to walk away and know when to run
[02:55.23]You never count your money when you  re sittin   at the table
[03:00.86]There  ll be time enough for countin  
[03:03.67]
[03:04.53]When the dealing  s done
[03:06.29]You got to know when to hold   em
[03:08.92]
[03:10.02]Know when to fold   em
[03:11.88]
[03:12.77]Know when to walk away and know when to run
[03:16.83]
[03:17.35]You never count your money when you  re sittin   at the table
[03:23.00]There  ll be time enough for countin  
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[03:26.44]When the dealing  s done
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