Gambling Rover Lyrics

I've been wandering this country, no place to call my own

I've been wandering this country for twenty years or so

I met a girl in Frisco, a girl so smart and sly

She talked her way into my heart and she took me for a ride

We bounced around from town to town, but when we had to part

She'd emptied out my pockets and stole away my heart

I became about as lonesome as any man can be

So I hopped a train not knowing where it would carry me

I met up with a gambling man as we rolled into Tennessee

And to a game of poker, that gambler challenged me

No money for the betting, I laid down my life instead

Either I win all his money or a bullet in the head

He dealt my fate to me from some old worn out deck

And a grin stretched across his face as I gave my cards a check

I've been wandering this country, now it's time for me to go

I've been wandering this country, now God please rest my soul

God, please rest my soul