A Hard Drinking Gambling Man

(Yelroch Stevens)

A hard drinking gambling man is a song about loss. How ones addictions can take away everything they hold dear. And when all the good is gone, all you have left are the demons that chased them off. But we only start counting our losses in life when theirs nothing left to lose.

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Chorus Losing you was losing me Another loss I couldn’t see Help me change who I am A hard drinking gambling man Don’t leave me out to dry I know I’ve hurt and made you cry Please don’t leave me out to dry God help me change who I am A hard drinking gambling man Help me change who I am Verse I remember the day I bet on you Pretty girl with a baby too We were married in the fall Felt like I had won it all But now you’re choosing to leave No more aces up my sleeve Guess this time I’ve lost it all I remember the day you closed the door Told myself she’ll be back for more That was the gambler in me And all the losses I couldn’t see Now you’ve left and gone your way No more cards for me to play Guess this time I’ll wait and see Found myself at another bar tonight Card games going and the slots tight The jackpot on a cowboys land Another deal another hand All this time for me to think Another step toward the brink Where’s the lady who took my hand Bring back the lady who said I do My biggest loss was losing you Bring back her smile and caring eyes Help me find the truth within my lies All I need is one more chance Tough love and a little romance No more bars and no more lies Bring back the one who shared my life The beautiful soul I called my wife Bring back her loving caring ways I’ll dig deep for better days Let me be the one I know I can No more hard drinking gambling man You were the better part of my crazy days My days no longer play the same Time drags on and it feeds the pain Like a broken clock up on the wall Time stands still it doesn’t move at all How I wish that you were here It’s been a long and lonely year For this broken man who had it all Another year has been and gone I still wear my ring but you’ve moved on Wasted love and squandered wealth Dark days brought upon myself And I know life will never be the same Another loss to feed the pain I’ll search hard for my good ol’self Chorus Losing you was losing me Another loss I couldn’t see Help me change who I am A hard drinking gambling man Don’t leave me out to dry I know I’ve hurt and made you cry Please don’t leave me out to dry God help me change who I am A hard drinking gambling man Help me change who I am End verse Nothing I said would have made her stay I chose the deal she walked away God how I didn’t understand My biggest win was her left hand Now I’m here and I’m not alone The dealer deals and I’m at home Another drink and I’m standing tall Hope this time I win it all Just a hard drinking gambling man.

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