I wanted more from life, than four kids and a wifeAnd a job in a dark Kentucky mineA twenty acre farm, with a shackey house and barnThats all I had and all I left behind.But at gambling, I was lucky, and so I left KentuckyAnd left behind my woman and my kidsInto the gay casinos, of Nevada's town of RenoThis Kentucky Gambler planned to get rich quick.Kentucky gambler who's going to love your woman in KentuckyYeah and who's going to be the one to give her all she needsKentucky gambler, who's going to raise your children in KentuckyAnd who's going to keep them fed and keep them shoes on their feet.There at the gambler's Paradise, Lady luck was on my sideAnd this Kentucky gambler played just rightHey, I wanted everything I played, I really thought I had it madeBut I should have quit and gone on home that night.But when you love the green backed dollar, sorrow always bound to followAnd Reno's dreams fade into neon amberAnd Lady Luck, she'll lead you on, she'll stay a while, and then she's goneYou better go on home, Kentucky gambler.But a gambler never seems to stop till he loses all he's gotAnd with a money-hungry fever, I played onI played till I'd lost all I'd won, I was right back where I'd started fromThen I started wanting to go home.Kentucky gambler, there ain't nobody, waiting in KentuckyWhen I ran out, somebody else walked inKentucky gambler, looks like you ain't really very luckyAnd it seems to me a gambler loses much more than he wins.Much more than he wins.
