Lyrics
Well I'm a rovin gambler I've seen most every town
Expressing the speaker's identity as a wanderer with experience in various towns.
When ever I meet with a deck of cards I lay my money down
Indicating the speaker's inclination towards gambling whenever cards are involved.
Gonna lay my money down, yea gonna lay my money down
Reiterating the intention to gamble by emphasizing the act of laying down money.
I've gambled out in Texas and down in New Orleans
Listing specific locations, Texas and New Orleans, where the speaker has engaged in gambling.
I've lost a pot with four of a kind and won with a couple of queens
Describing experiences of both losing and winning in poker hands, illustrating the unpredictability of gambling.
Gonna Bluff with a couple of queens, yea I won with a couple of queens
Highlighting a successful bluff with a pair of queens in one of the poker games.
Well I meet a friend in Frisco and Lady Luck was her name
Introducing a character, Lady Luck, associated with positive outcomes in gambling.
Yea I couldn't lose with a pair of twos till a woman got in the game
Reflecting on an initial winning streak with a pair of twos until a woman entered the game.
A red head got in the game, yea a woman got in the game
Emphasizing the impact of a red-headed woman joining the game, suggesting a shift in luck.
Yea she won my old black panhead and she won my switch blade knife
Narrating losses in possessions (black panhead and switchblade knife) to the red-headed woman in a game.
And when I lost everything I had she told me to bet my life
Describing the woman's advice to bet everything when the speaker had nothing left to lose.
She told me to bet my life, she told me to bet my life
Repeating the woman's encouragement to take a significant risk by betting life itself.
If you don't wanna lose your freedom, you care about your life
Issuing a warning about the consequences of engaging in risky activities, relating it to the preservation of freedom.
Don't get in a game with a red head thing, you'll win yourself a wife
Advising against involvement in a game with a red-headed woman to avoid unintended commitments, such as marriage.
You'll win yourself a wife, now you got yourself a wife
Stressing the potential outcome of winning a wife if one disregards the advice and engages in the game.
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