Merle Haggard - Kentucky Gambler lyrics

rate me

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I wanted more from life <br>

than four kids and wife <br>

and a job in a dark Kentucky mine.<br>

A 20 acre farm, with a shaggy house and barn.<br>

That's all I had and all I left behind.<br>

But at gamblin' I was lucky<br>

and so I left Kentucky.<br>

And left behind my woman and my kids.<br>

Into the gay casino<br>

in Nevadas town of Rino.<br>

This Kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick.<br>

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Kentucky gambler, who's gonna love your woman in Kentucky?<br>

And who's gonna be the one to give her everything she needs?<br>

Kentucky gambler, who's gonna raise your children in Kentucky?<br>

Yeah who's gonna keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet?<br>

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There at the gambler's paradise<br>

lady luck was on my side<br>

and this Kentucky gambler played just right.<br>

Hey I won at everything I played<br>

I really thought I had it made<br>

but I shouldda quit and gone on home that night.<br>

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But when you love the green back dollar<br>

sorrows always bound to follow<br>

and Reno's dreams turned into neon amber.<br>

And lady luck, she'll lead you on<br>

she'll stay awhile and then she's gone<br>

"You better go on home Kentucky gambler". <br>

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But a gambler never seems to stop<br>

'til he loses all he's got.<br>

And with money and a hungry fever, I played on.<br>

I played 'til I'd lost all I'd won<br>

I was right back where I'd started from.<br>

And then I started wantin' to go home. <br>

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Kentucky gambler there ain't nobody waitin' in Kentucky.<br>

When I ran out somebody else walked in.<br>

Kentucky gambler looks like you and really very lucky.<br>

And it seems to me a gambler loses much more than he wins.<br>

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Much more than he wins.<br>

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