The Gambler Never Wins

from March 12 by Frederick Squire (2010)

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The Gambler Never Wins

I saw you in a dream
In the form of a train
Rolling on down the line
When it arrives a slice of heaven will step off
To ease my worried mind
Lord, lord
To ease my worried mind
But the train it don't stop
For twenty-one days
Pushing on down the track
I wish that my little baby would finally come home
I wish that she'd hurry back
Lord, lord
I wish that she's hurry back
I'm standing at the station
With tears in my eyes
Trying to hold them in
A letter it arrives and says just this inside
The gambler he never wins
Lord, lord
The gambler he never wins
She must have had enough of my foolish ways
Found herself another man
So the bottom of my world has been washed out beneath my feet
I haven't even got a friend
Lord, lord
I haven't got a friend
Now that a cloud of darkness
Has enveloped my whole head
I ain't got no where to stand
I think I'll fill my cup until it overflows
Deal myself another hand
Lord, lord
Deal myself another hand
In a few short moments
My little heart it will stop
And I will be in pain no more
In the next round I'll finally settle down
Hold on to what I lost before
Lord, lord
Hold on to what I lost before

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from March 12, released November 2, 2010
Written and performed by Frederick Squire

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