[00:12.87]I wanted more from life, than four kids and a wife[00:17.88]And a job in a dark[00:19.53]Kentucky mine.[00:22.59]A twenty acre farm, with a shackey house and barn[00:27.27]Thats all[00:28.05]I had and all[00:29.28]I left behind[00:32.07]But at gambling,[00:33.21]I was lucky, and so[00:35.16]I left Kentucky[00:37.05]And left behind my woman and my kids[00:41.73]Into the gay casinos, of[00:44.07]Nevada's town of[00:45.66]RenoThis Kentucky[00:47.25]Gambler planned to get rich quick[00:51.57]Kentucky gambler who's going to love your woman in[00:54.87]KentuckyYeah - and who's going to be the one to give her all she needs[01:00.63]Kentucky gambler, who's going to raise your children in[01:07.05]KentuckyAnd who's going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet[01:12.93]There at the gambler's[01:14.49]Paradise,[01:15.69]Lady luck was on my sideand this[01:18.42]Kentucky gambler played just right[01:22.53]Yeah I won at everything[01:24.45]I played -[01:25.38]I really thought[01:26.37]I had it made[01:27.33]But I should have quit and gone on home that night[01:32.13]But when you love the green backed dollar, sorrow always bound to followand[01:37.26]Reno's dreams fade into neon amber[01:41.76]And Lady Luck, she'll lead you on[01:44.04]She'll stay a while, and then she's gone[01:46.74]You better go on home,[01:48.15]Kentucky gambler[01:51.15]But a gambler never seems to stop, till he loses all he's gotand with a money - hungry fever,[01:58.35]I played on[02:00.72]I played till[02:01.59]I'd lost all[02:02.58]I'd won, I was right back where[02:04.47]I'd started from[02:05.70]Then I started wanting - to go home[02:10.50]Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody, waiting in[02:13.92]KentuckyWhen[02:15.42]I ran out, somebody else walked in[02:18.30]Kentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very lucky[02:24.63]And it seems to me a gambler loses much more than he winsmuch more than he wins.