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Dolly Parton |
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Miscellaneous |
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Kentucky Gambler |
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He wanted more from like |
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Than four kids and a wife |
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And a job in the dark kentucky mines |
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A twenty-acre farm |
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With a shacky house and barn |
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That's all he had |
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And all he left behind |
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At gambling he was lucky |
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So he left kentucky |
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Left behind his woman and his kids |
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Into the gay casino |
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In nevada's town of reno |
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Kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick |
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Kentucky gambler, who's gonna love your woman in kentucky |
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Who's gonna be the one to give her what she needs |
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Kentucky gambler, who's gonna raise your children in kentucky |
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Who's gonna keep them fed and keep shoes on their feet |
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At the gamblers' paradise |
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Lady luck was on his side |
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Kentucky gambler played his cards just right |
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He won at everything he played |
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Kentucky gambler had it made |
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And he should have quit and gone on home that night |
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But when you love the greenback dollar |
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Sorrow's always bound to follow |
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Reno dreams fade into neon amber |
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And lady luck, she'll leave you on |
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She'll saty awhile, and then she's gone |
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You'd better go on home kentucky gambler |
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But a gambler never seems to stop |
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Til he loses all he's got |
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And so, kentucky gambler, he played on |
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He played til he lost all he won |
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He was right back where he started from |
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Then he started wanting to go home |
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Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody waiting in kentucky |
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When you walked out, somebody else walked in |
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Kentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky |
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Seems to me a gambler looses much more than he wins |
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So you think about it |
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Kentucky gambler |