The song itself tells the story of a late-night meeting on a train bound for nowhere between the narrator and a man known only as the gambler. The gambler tells the narrator that he can tell he is down on his luck (out of aces) by the look in his eyes and offers him advice in exchange for his last swallow of whisky. After the gambler takes the drink (and a cigarette), he gives the following advice: “Youve got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em, Know when to walk away, know when to run, you never count your money when youre sittin at the table, Therell be time enough for countin when the dealins done. The gambler then mentions that the secret to survivin is knowing what to throw away, and knowing what to keep and that the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep. At this point, the gambler puts out the cigarette and goes to sleep. At the end of the song we are told that somewhere in the darkness, the gambler, he broke even, and that the narrator finds an ace that I could keep, in his final words. Rogers rendition in an appearance on TVs The Muppet Show indicates the gambler actually dies in his sleep when he broke even.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 04:19:37 +0000
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