Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer
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For you know the odds won't ride with you
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Never leave your woman alone when your friends around to steal her
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Years I've gambled and lost like summer wages.
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And we'll keep rolling on till we get to Vancouver
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And the woman that I love is living there
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It's been six long months and more since I've seen her
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May be gambled and gone like summer wages.
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In all of the beer bars all down along Main Street
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The dreams of the seasons get all spilled down on the floor
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All the big stands of timber just waitin' for falling
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And the hookers waitin' watchfully as they sit there by the door.
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So, I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes on
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Which I swore I would never do again
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Through the gray fog-bound straits where the cedars stand a waitin'
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I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.
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In all of the beer bars all down along Main Street
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The dreams of the seasons get all spilled down on the floor
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All the big stands of timber just waitin' for falling
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And the hookers waitin' watchfully as they sit there by the door.
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So, I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes on
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Which I swore I would never do again
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Through the gray fog-bound straits where the cedars stand a waitin'
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I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.
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Years I've gambled and lost like summer wages...
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Summer Wages
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| Bobby Bare |
