[00:00.00]Yeah, you know I once was a gambler
[00:23.19]But I lost my money roll
[00:33.22]Yeah, you know I once was a gambler
[00:40.04]Boy, but I lost my money roll
[00:49.60]That's the reason I don't have no sweet woman
[00:56.14]Now I done lost my happy home
[01:10.91]You take it down when you lose that no good money
[01:16.77]He sat around with his head hung down
[01:27.92]When you lose that old dog gone money
[01:33.65]You sit around with your head hung down
[01:43.59]You will try to borrow you fifty dollars
[01:49.99]To start all over again in another town
[01:54.74]Too late you gonna lose
[01:56.36]Your friends don't pay you no money
[02:34.43]Baby, if you only will forgive me
[02:42.73]I won't gamble no more
[02:52.64]If you only will forgive me, baby
[02:57.19]Lord, have mercy, poor Lightning won't gamble no more
[03:10.62]She says I can't help you now
[03:17.24]Sold out to the devil and that's no way to go
[03:22.97]And I couldn't help but cry
[03:25.00]I cried like I did
[04:02.45]She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning
[04:08.91]You know who I am, I'm your wife
[04:18.38]She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning
[04:24.35]You know who I am, I am your wife
[04:34.00]She's looking at, brother, just like you lost your money
[04:40.29]You had a good chance to lose your life
[04:50.52]So go ahead on, Lightning

Yeah, you know I once was a gambler
But I lost my money roll
Yeah, you know I once was a gambler
Boy, but I lost my money roll
That's the reason I don't have no sweet woman
Now I done lost my happy home
You take it down when you lose that no good money
He sat around with his head hung down
When you lose that old dog gone money
You sit around with your head hung down
You will try to borrow you fifty dollars
To start all over again in another town
Too late you gonna lose
Your friends don't pay you no money
Baby, if you only will forgive me
I won't gamble no more
If you only will forgive me, baby
Lord, have mercy, poor Lightning won't gamble no more
She says I can't help you now
Sold out to the devil and that's no way to go
And I couldn't help but cry
I cried like I did
She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning
You know who I am, I'm your wife
She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightning
You know who I am, I am your wife
She's looking at, brother, just like you lost your money
You had a good chance to lose your life
So go ahead on, Lightning