Gonna tell you a story
Bout a good ol' friend mine
Who really loved his livin'

Lot's of women dile and wine
he said:
I'm just a joker

Can't stay in one place to long
I've made some money with my poker
I think I will not sleep alone


Everybody plays
Everybody tries

It's another little game we play

Well he died the way he lived

In a casino playin' hard
His heart stopped so early
Cause' he got that winning card


Well he'd taken all his chances
'Till the day he gone away

Through the weeps of fancy ladies
I could still hear him say:


Everybody plays
Everybody tries...