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About holding or folding? Nothing, just that you ought to know when. What does he advise us about walking away? Nothing, just that you ought to know when.

John Molineaux from FloridaSounds like a lot of good advice, doesn’t it? Well, it’s a scam: I see only one small piece of advice in the entire song.

Now, my bet is you found this to be thoroughly insightful, accurate input. A poker lesson from a “non card playing” conman, whose true skill is picking out his potential victims (.reading people’s faces.) Every conman knows it’s the the appetite for quick wins/instant gratification that makes y’all blindly gullible. The layers of irony are not lost, not least for their storytelling beauty & simple poetry. (ditto if he had a guitar instead of cards, the opportunistic conman would feign music speak, one imagines, to siphon same treats). The stranger makes up a whole lecture on gambling, with made up gambling rhetoric, just to score a young drink & a smoke from a curious, rather helpless gambler.

Chairman from JohannesburgThe glaring yet subtle message, overall, is that the conman always trumps the gambler.

Amankwa from Damongo,savannah,ghanaEducative song.

George Pope from Vancouver BcHow good was this gambler, that he now had so little he couldn't even light a cigarette with his own matches? (penny a pack) Chairman, I think you've covered this already thank you I just noticed after I posted.

The worst way to go is instantly or in your sleep.

Kris from MissouriWhy do so many people wanna go in their sleep? Oh hell no, I wanna know when I die, I want last words, a last breath.

The best main line is that the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep!

Bt from North Providence RiMost importantly.

Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind You've got to know when to hold 'em (when to hold 'em) Lord until the sun goes down, 'till it goes down.He said, "If you're gonna play the game, boyĪnd the best that you can hope for is to die It's all night pourin', pourin', pourin', Ran into a rainstorm, I ducked back into Novato. That's why if you please, I am on my bendin knees, Heard a voice al callin', Lord you was commin' after me. I had a feelin' I was fallin', fallin', fallin', Try to see what's goin' down, try to read between the lines That's why if you please, I am on my bendin' knees,īertha don't you come around here anymore.ĭressed myself in green, I went down unto the sea. Run around the corner, corner, Lord run smack in to a tree. I had a run in, run around, and run down. I was all night running, running, Lord I wonder if you care, I had a hard run, runnin' from your window. I told Althea I'm a roving son, and I was born to be a bachelor.Īlthea told me, okay, that's fine, so now I'm trying to catch her.Ĭan't talk to you without talking to me, we're guilty of the same old thing.īeen talking alot about less and less and forgetting the love we bring. This space is getting hot, you know this space is getting hot. There are things you can replace, and others you cannot. Gonna want a bed to lay your head and a little sympathy.

When the smoke has cleared, she said, that's what she said to me.

Loose with the truth, baby, it's your fire, but baby don't get burned. Honest to the point of recklessness, self-centered in the extreme.Īin't nobody messing with you, but you, your friends are getting most concerned. You may meet the fate on Ophelia, sleeping and penchence to dream. You may be a clown in the burying ground, or just another pretty face. You may be Saturday's child, all alone, moving with a tinge of grace. I told Althea that treachery was tearing me limb from limb.Īlthea told me better cool down boy, settle back, easy Jim. I told Althea I was feeling lost, lacking in some direction.Īlthea told me upon scrutiny that my back might need protection.