[ti:Once A Gambler]
[ar:Lightnin' Hopkins]
[al:]
[00:00.00]Yeah, you know I once was a gambler
[00:23.19]But I lost my money roll
[00:33.22]Yeah, you know I once was a gambler
[00:40.04]Boy, but I lost my money roll
[00:49.60]That's the reason I don't have no sweet woman
[00:56.14]Now I done lost my happy home
[01:10.91]You take it down when you lose that no good money
[01:16.77]He sat around with his head hung down
[01:27.92]When you lose that old dog gone money
[01:33.65]You sit around with your head hung down
[01:43.59]You will try to borrow you fifty dollars
[01:49.99]To start all over again in another town
[01:54.74]Too late you gonna lose
[01:56.36]Your friends don't pay you no money
[02:34.43]Baby, if you only will forgive me
[02:42.73]I won't gamble no more
[02:52.64]If you only will forgive me, baby
[02:57.19]Lord, have mercy, poor Lightning won't gamble no more
[03:10.62]She says I can't help you now
[03:17.24]Sold out to the devil and that's no way to go
[03:22.97]And I couldn't help but cry
[03:25.00]I cried like I did
[04:02.45]She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning
[04:08.91]You know who I am, I'm your wife
[04:18.38]She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning
[04:24.35]You know who I am, I am your wife
[04:34.00]She's looking at, brother, just like you lost your money
[04:40.29]You had a good chance to lose your life
[04:50.52]So go ahead on, Lightning