Kenny Rogers - The Gambler Video and Lyrics
The Gambler by Kenny Rogers, Music Video and Lyrics and Review
No, it’s not Mad Tv, it’s the real Kenny Rogers !
He is a legend and this is a classic song ! Enjoy ! 
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler Lyrics
On a warm summers evenin on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the 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, Ive made a life out of readin peoples faces,
And knowin what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
So if you dont mind my sayin, I can see youre out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey Ill 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 youre 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 youre sittin at the table.
Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done.
Now evry gambler knows that the secret to survivin
Is knowin what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
cause evry hands a winner and evry hands a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.
So when hed finished speakin, he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and 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 youre sittin at the table.
Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done.
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 you r money when youre sittin at the table.
Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done.
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler Review
Originally released in November 1978,this was the album that more
than any other helped to make Kenny Rogers a household name. The
cover of the CD inspired Kenny’s longtime manager Ken Kragen to
strike up a deal with CBS-TV for a movie of the week,which was
the highest rated movie on television in 1980,and also led to
several sequels. Dreamcatcher,Kenny’s label is in the process of
re-releasing several of his classic 70s and 80s albums…and this
is a great place to start. For one,if you have dismissed Kenny as
nothing more than a Pop singer who had success as a Country act,
this might enlighten you!Rather,this is,in my opinion Rogers’s second best CD ever,the
best being the long out-of-print EYES THAT SEE IN THE DARK,and
features in addition to “The Gambler” and “She Believes In Me”,
possibly the best song Rogers ever cut,”King Of Oak Street”.It’s
a little long ( 5:03 ),but one of his all-time best. If you have
never heard Kenny’s version of “I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way
Again”…you need to…Keep em’coming,Dreamcatcher!source amazon.com
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