Kentucky Gambler — текст песни (Merle Haggard)

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 shackey house and barn
Thats 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 casinos, of 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 all she needs
Kentucky gambler, who`s going to raise your children in Kentucky
And 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
Yeah 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 green backed dollar, sorrow always bound to follow
and Reno`s dreams fade into neon amber
And Lady Luck, she`ll lead you on
She`ll stay a while, 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.