On a warm summers evening, on a train bound for nowhere...

dug777

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Oct 13, 2004
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Always reminds of those awesome hot summer nights drinking when i first went to college :)
 

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
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I love that song too.

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
?til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, son, I?ve made a life out of readin? people?s faces,
And knowin? what their 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 face lost all expression.
Said, if you?re 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 you?re sittin? at the table.
There?ll be time enough for countin? when the dealin?s done.

Now ev?ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin?
Is knowin? what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
?cause ev?ry hand?s a winner and ev?ry hand?s a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.

So when he?d 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 you?re sittin? at the table.
There?ll be time enough for countin? when the dealin?s 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 you?re sittin? at the table.
There?ll be time enough for countin? when the dealin?s done.
 

leftyman

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Sep 15, 2000
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Mmmbop, ba duba dop ba do bop,
Ba duba dop ba do bop,
Ba duba dop ba do. oh yeah,
Mmmbop ba duba dop ba do bop,
Ba duba dop ba do bop,
Ba duba dop ba do

awesome lyrics
 

meltdown75

Lifer
Nov 17, 2004
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this song reminds me of being a little kid. :) :thumbsup:

so does "I Love A Rainy Night" by Eddie Rabbit, and "Playing With the Queen of Hearts" by (Fleetwood Mac?). good times