Merle Haggard - Kentucky Gambler lyrics

I wanted more from life than
Four kids and a wife
And a job in a dark Kentucky mine
A twenty-acre farm with a
Shacky house and barn
That’s all I had and all I left behind
But at gambling, I was lucky
And so I left Kentucky
And left behind my woman and my kids
Into the gay casino in Nevada's town of Reno
This Kentucky gambler planned to
Get rich quick

Kentucky gambler
Who's going to love your woman in Kentucky?
Yeah and who's going to be the one
To give her everything she needs?
Kentucky gambler, who's going to raise your
Children in Kentucky?
Who's going to keep them fed and
Keep them shoes on their feet?

There at the gambler's paradise
Lady Luck was on my side
And this Kentucky gambler played just right
Hey, I won at everything I played
I really thought I had it made
But I should have quit and
Gone on home that night
But when you love the greenback dollar
Sorrow's always bound to follow
And Reno's dreams fade into neon amber
And Lady Luck, she'll lead you
On, she'll stay awhile, and then she's gone
You better go on home, Kentucky gambler

But a gambler never seems to stop
Till he loses all he's got
And with a money hungry fever, I played on
I played till I'd lost all I'd won
I was right back where I'd started from
Then I started wanting to go home

Kentucky gambler
There ain't nobody waiting in Kentucky
When I ran out, somebody else walked in
Kentucky gambler
Looks like you ain't really very lucky
And it seems to me a gambler
Loses much more than he wins

Much more than he wins