About twenty years agoOn a train bound for nowhereI met up with The GamblerWe were both too tired to sleepSo we took turns a starin'Through the window at the darkness'Til boredom overtook usAnd he commenced to speakHe said, 'Son, I've made a lifeOut of readin' people's facesAnd knowin' what their cards wereBy the way they held their eyesAnd if you don't mind my sayin'I would say you're out of acesAnd for one taste of your whiskeyI will give you some advice'So I handed him my bottleAnd he drank down my last swallowThen he bummed a cigaretteThen he bummed a lightThe night got deathly quietAnd his face lost all expressionHe said, 'If you're gonna play the game, boyYou better learn to play it right''Cause ev'ry gambler knowsThat the secret to survivalIs knowin' what to throw awayAnd knowin' what to keepAnd ev'ry hand's a winnerJust like ev'ry hand's a loserAnd the best that you can hope forIs to die in your sleep.You got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayKnow when to runYou don't ever count your moneyWhile you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin' is doneYou got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayKnow when to runYou don't ever count your moneyWhile you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin' is doneAnd when he finished speakin'He turned back t'ward the windowPut out his cigaretteFaded off to sleepAnd somewhere in the darknessThe gambler he broke evenBut in his final wordsI found an ace that I could keepYou got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayKnow when to runYou don't ever count your moneyWhile you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin' is doneYou got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayKnow when to runYou don't ever count your moneyWhile you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin' is doneYou got to know when to hold 'emKnow when to fold 'emKnow when to walk awayKnow when to runYou don't ever count your moneyWhile you're sittin' at the tableThere'll be time enough for countin'When the dealin' is done
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Johnny Cash (nacido como J. R. Cash, Kingsland, Arkansas, 26 de febrero de 1932-Nashville, 12 de septiembre de 2003) fue un cantante, compositor, músico y actor estadounidense. Considerado como uno de los músicos más influyentes del siglo XX. Considerado «el…
