Gonna leave today for a holiday

gonna get that train, just go to spain

my life's been up & down, i wanna fool around

been paying my bills & now i want some thrills


yeah, i love to sin but i hate the sinners

i love to play but i hate to pay

it's been that way long before today

won't you please understand, i'm just a gambling man


just a gambling man


yeah i might die tomorrow

i might die today

so i picked up my stuff

i made my getaway

i will have no sorrows

i will feel no pain

all the foolishness i've done

was not done in vain


always aimed for the long run

a pair of dukes was all i had

so i beg you to understand

i was just playing my hand

no i won't go to heaven

and i won't go straight to hell

i'm just another man under a woman's spell


just another man, just another man

just another man under a woman's spell


so i beg you to understand

i beg you to understand

i beg you to understand

i'm just a gambling man


just a gambling man