Gambler’s Heart ©2014 Robert George BMI
Well, I got a call and knew just what to do
Headed straight for Vegas in my beat up Malibu
It’d been forever since I’d played a single hand
But I had no choice and hoped the cards’d understand
Cos I’ve got a gambler’s heart
Yeah, a gambler’s heart
I’d stayed up for five days on a hold ‘em tournament
And though I took first place I could feel my soul was spent
So I joined a program and I worked hard to get well
Holly sponsored me and led me twelve steps out of hell
But I’ve got a gambler’s heart
Takin’ chances…beatin’ odds
Runs in my life blood
Big risks and big rewards
Yeah, that’s how the money’s won
If you’ve got the guts
Loss and gain
Pleasure and pain
Mister, it’s all a part
Of a gambler’s heart
Well, I walked in that casino after dark
Thinkin’ of the phone call I’d received
Holly needed sur’gry on her heart
And her HMO was just a band of thieves
And back when we first met I fell for Holly like a fool
But she didn’t want to date cos it’s against the rules
Time soon passed us by and we had fallen out of touch
Then that night I won my first hand with a diamond flush
Cos I’ve got a gambler’s heart
Takin’ chances…beatin’ odds
Runs in my life blood
Big risks and big rewards
Yeah, that’s how the money’s won
If you’ve got the guts
Loss and gain
Pleasure and pain
Buddy, it’s all a part
Of a gambler’s heart
It was almost mornin’ when I won my final hand
And I cashed my chips in for a coupla hundred grand
Found her lyin’ in that ICU in San Jose
Told her life was now a game she could afford to play
I’ve got a gambler’s heart
Takin’ chances…beatin’ odds
Runs in my life blood
Big risks and big rewards
Yeah, that’s how the money’s won
If you’ve got the guts
Loss and gain
Pleasure and pain
Mister, it’s all a part
Of a gambler’s heart
Now it’s funny thinkin’ how her life and love were in the cards
Six months later we wed in a Vegas chapel called the “Queen of Hearts”
He who gambles on a woman always wins
And we haven’t been back to Vegas since…
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