Karaoké Kentucky Gambler Merle Haggard & The Strangers

I wanted more from life than four kids and a wife

And a job in a dark

Kentucky mine

A twenty-acre farm with a shacky house and barn

That's all I had and all I left behind

But at gambling, I was lucky and so I left Kentucky

And left behind my woman and my kids

Into the gay casino in

Nevada's town of Reno

This Kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick

Kentucky gambler who's going to love your woman in Kentucky

Yeah, and who's going to be the one to give her everything she needs

Kentucky gambler who's going to raise your children in Kentucky

And who's going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet

There at the gambler's paradise

Lady Luck was on my side

And this Kentucky gambler played just right

Hey, I won at everything I played

I really thought

I had it made

But I should have quit and gone on home that night

But when you love the greenback dollar, sorrow's always bound to follow

And Reno's dreams fade into neon amber

And Lady Luck she'll lead you on

She'll stay awhile and then she's gone

You better go on home

Kentucky gambler

But a gambler never seems to stop 'till he loses all he's got

And with a money-hungry fever, I played on

I played 'till I'd lost all I'd won

I was right back where

I'd started from

Then I started wanting to go home

Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody waiting in Kentucky

When I ran out somebody else walked in

Kentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky

And it seems to me a gambler loses much more than he wins

Much more than he wins