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 GAMBLIN'
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 GONNA LOVE
YOUR WOMAN
IN KENTUCKY
YEAH AND
WHO'S GONNA BE
THE ONE
TO GIVE HER
EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS
KENTUCKY GAMBLER
WHO'S GONNA RAISE
YOUR CHILDREN
IN KENTUCKY
HEY AND WHO'S GONNA
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'VE 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'D PLAYED TILL I'D LOST
ALL I'D WON
I WAS RIGHT BACK
WHERE I'D
STARTED FROM
THEN I STARTED WANTIN'
TO GO HOME
KENTUCKY GAMBLER
THERE AIN'T NOBODY
WAITIN' IN KENTUCKY
WHEN I RUN 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