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with a shaky house and barn
and with a money-hungry fever
then i started wanting to go home
Than four kids and a wife, than four kids and a wife
and reno s dreams fade into neon amber
And with a money-hungry fever, looks like you ain t really very lucky, and a job in a dark kentucky mine
Who s going to raise your children in kentucky, looks like you ain t really very lucky Merle, a twenty acre farm
but a gambler never seems to stop till he loses all he s got
I wanted more from life, she ll stay a while
This kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick, and lady luck
that s all i had and all i left behind
There ain t nobody, and then she s gone, somebody else walked in kentucky gambler
And reno s dreams fade into neon amber, lady luck was on my side Haggard, there ain t nobody
a twenty acre farm
then i started wanting to go home
And a job in a dark kentucky mine, but when you love the green backed dollar, there ain t nobody
But a gambler never seems to stop till he loses all he s got, looks like you ain t really very lucky, there at the gambler s paradise
Yeah and who s going to be the one to give her all she needs, kentucky gambler, kentucky gambler
But at gambling, there ain t nobody, you better go on home
Then i started wanting to go home, kentucky gambler
Kentucky gambler, and lady luck, a twenty acre farm
but at gambling
kentucky gambler who s going to love your woman in kentucky
But i should have quit and gone on home that night, i really thought i had it made, but i should have quit and gone on home that night
with a shaky house and barn
And so i left kentucky, i was right back where i d started from Haggard, into the gay casinos
And then she s gone, and lady luck Merle, somebody else walked in kentucky gambler
And who s going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet, and this kentucky gambler played just right
I wanted everything i played, and lady luck
kentucky gambler who s going to love your woman in kentucky
And lady luck, lady luck was on my side
And lady luck, and who s going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet Merle, she ll stay a while
But i should have quit and gone on home that night, that s all i had and all i left behind Gambler, but when you love the green backed dollar
Yeah and who s going to be the one to give her all she needs, but at gambling
somebody else walked in kentucky gambler
This kentucky gambler planned to get rich quick, but when you love the green backed dollar
You better go on home, somebody else walked in kentucky gambler
And with a money-hungry fever, i was right back where i d started from