THE
GAMBLER
(Kenny
Rogers)
On a warm summer's 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.
When boredom overtook us,
he began to speak.
He said, "Son, I've made
a life out of readin' people's faces.
Knowin' what the cards were
by the way they held their eyes.
So if you don't mind my
sayin',
I can see you're out of
aces,
For a taste of your whiskey,
I'll 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 faced lost all expression.
He said, "If you're gonna
play the game,
boy, you gotta learn to
play it right.
You've got to know when to
hold 'em,
know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
know when to run.
You never count your money
when you're sittin' at the
table.
There'll be time enough
for countin' when the dealin's done.
Every gambler knows that
the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw
away
and knowin' what to keep.
'Cause every hand's a winner
and every hand's a loser
And the best that you can
hope
for is to die in your sleep."
And when he finished speakin',
he turned back toward for
the window,
Crushed out his cigarette
and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness,
the gambler he broke even.
And in his final words I
found an ace that I could keep.
You've got to know when to
hold 'em,
know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away,
know when to run.
You never count your money
when you're sittin' at the
table.
There'll be time enough
for countin'
when the dealin's done.
(Repeat twice) |
SHE
BELIEVES IN ME
(Kenny
Rogers)
While she lays sleeping,
I stay out late at night and play my songs
And sometimes all the nights
can be so long
And it's good when I finally
make it home, all alone
While she lays dreaming,
I try to get undressed without the light
And quietly she says how
was your night?
And I come to her and say,
it was all right, and I hold her tight
And she believes in me, I'll
never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she
was my girl, I could change the world
With my little songs, I
was wrong
But she has faith in me,
and so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some
special night, if my song is right
I will find a way, find
a way...
While she lays waiting, I
stumble to the kitchen for a bite
Then I see my old guitar
in the night
Just waiting for me like
a secret friend, and there's no end
While she lays crying, I
fumble with a melody or two
And I'm torn between the
things that I should do
And she says to wake her
up when I am through, God her love is true.
And she believes in me, I'll
never know just what she sees in me
I told her someday if she
was my girl, I could change the world
With my little songs, I
was wrong
But she has faith in me,
and so I go on trying faithfully
And who knows maybe on some
special night, if my song is right
I will find a way, while
she waits... while she waits for me. |
UNIVERSE
(Stretch
Princess)
Sometimes, at the back of
my mind
there's space for you
I belong to nowhere more
than you want me to
it's not such a beautiful
thing
you tell me again
but it's the end of a universe
you love the idea
of you and me here
say you said so
Do what you will
always say what you feel
say you said so
You can't have? everything...
you can't have everything...)
sometimes, when you think
of me
do I get there too soon
I'm closer now to nowhere
more than you think I deserve to
it's not such a beautiful
thing you tell me again
but it's the end of a universe
you love the idea
of you and me here
say you said so
Do what you will,
always say what you feel
[save yourself] |
SUGAR
(Stretch
Princess)
This is a no way out
'cause I have the need to
shine
I have the need to shine
with you
Your hands releasing me
come on and nothing me
this is the sweetest thing
to do
that's
why I'm with you...
Sugar, sugar sticking me
to my babe
Sugar, sugar sticking me
to my babe
Sticking me to my babe
You come and take these things
from me
I know the world will scream
oh so your head with
it my dear
If killing me is much more
fun slide down my side, and slide down my side and we'll be done
that's why I am your one...
Sugar, sugar sticking me
to my babe
Sugar, sugar sticking me
to my babe
Sticking me to my babe. |
