[ti:Once Was A Gambler]
[ar:Lightning Hopkins]
[al:Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition)]
[by:]
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[00:00.00]Once Was A Gambler - Lightnin' Hopkins
[00:16.44]Yeah you know I once was a gambler
[00:23.46]But I lost my money roll
[00:33.37]Yeah you know I once was a gambler
[00:40.22]Boy but I lost my money roll
[00:50.11]That's the reason I don't have no sweet woman
[00:56.43]Now I done lost my happy home
[01:11.20]You take it down when you lose that no good money
[01:17.20]He sat around with his head hung down
[01:28.34]When you lose that old dog gone money
[01:34.13]You sit around with your head hung down
[01:44.30]You will try to borrow you fifty dollars
[01:50.84]To start all over again in another town
[01:54.74]Too late you gonna lose
[01:56.30]Your friends don't pay you no money
[02:34.80]Baby if you only will forgive me
[02:43.03]I won't gamble no more
[02:52.99]If you only will forgive me baby
[02:57.52]Lord have mercy
[03:01.16]Poor Lightnin' won't gamble no more
[03:11.10]She says I can't help you now
[03:17.60]Sold out to the devil and that's no way to go
[03:23.25]And I couldn't help but cry
[03:25.23]I cried like I did
[04:02.86]She said I didn't want you to gamble Lightnin'
[04:09.14]You know who I am I'm your wife
[04:18.67]She said I didn't want you to gamble Lightnin'
[04:24.70]You know who I am I am your wife
[04:34.50]She's looking at brother
[04:35.40]Just like you lost your money
[04:40.85]You had a good chance to lose your life
[04:50.90]So go ahead on Lightnin'