I was perched on a stool down at Riley's Bar

Watchin' a ball game on TV

It was kinda quiet for a Saturday night

And I was just getting ready to leave

I was feelin pretty good thinkin maybe I should

Just go back home and read

But when I put my glass down

Ol' Riley came around

And said "Have one on me."



'I don't need another hit, I know when to quit'

A voice inside me said

'I'm smart enough to know

When it's time for me to go

I oughta quit while I'm ahead'

Be careful how you play

Or you know someday

You might just wake up dead



I don't need another hit, I know when to quit



But my mouth said "Go ahead!"



It was 4 o'clock, all the doors were locked

And a blackjack game was on

My luck was pretty hot, I'd won a few pots

And I was thinkin' 'bout headin' for home



"Just one more hand" I said to the man

As he dealt me a seventeen



But the dealer showed a nine so I took my time

When he asked if I would hit or freeze



'I don't need another hit, I know when to quit'

A voice inside me said

'I'm smart enough to know

When it's time for me to go



I oughta quit while I'm ahead'

Be careful how you play

Or you know someday



You might just wake up dead

I don't need another hit, I know when to quit

But my mouth said "Go ahead."



Well I couldn't stand on a losing hand

So I stuck around the rest of the night

My luck went so bad I lost all I had

I got mad and I started a fight



The guy I attacked knocked me flat on my back

And as I got up off the floor

He said "Do you wanna leave here in one piece

Or do you wanna come back for more?"



'I don't need another hit, I know when to quit'

A voice inside me said

'I'm smart enough to know

When it's time for me to go

I oughta quit while I'm ahead'

Oh be careful how you play

Or you know someday

You might just wake up dead

"I don't need another hit, I know when to quit"

My big mouth finally said

"I don't need another hit, I know when to quit"

My big mouth, my big mouth finally said