The riverboat gambler, he's tough and lean He washes his warm beer down with them nasty sardines He's been wearing that cowboy hat for much too long He hangs out in ole New Orleans, but when it's dawn He's out on the highway, headed for Lake Charles Riverboat gambler doesn't waste his little money in bars He's playing ol blackjack tied off of pier one He's hitting on seventeen, he's out having fun he says I'm the riverboat gambler I've got just one dream I'm gonna win the big one I'm gonna find my queen But every night's the same, he can't seem to win The cards don't fall right, them dice they ain't his friends He's always betting red, right when the ball falls black This old gambler knows there's no looking back, he says Chorus Bridge: Riverboat gambling that's all he knows He'll climb aboard that ship and he'll ride her wherever she goes
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