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