Twenty years of sleevin’ cards and spittin’ blood in the sink
The stakes are high, so am I, ain’t got time to think
I’ve been sittin’ at this table for three goddamn days
Bettin’ on the river, throwin’ my life away (Come on tell me now)
(CHORUS)
How many times must I drink myself to sleep?
I’m a riverboat gambler, just rollin’ down the stream
Whoaaaaa-oh whoaaaaa-oh whoa-oh-oh
Whoaaaaa-oh whoaaaaa-oh whoa-oh-oh
I smoked my last cigarette, I’m breathin’ in my death
Drinkin’ this bottle of whiskey, it’s the last one on the shelf
My family name, it don’t mean nothin’ now
The river flows, so the story goes, let me tell you how (let me tell you how)
(CHORUS)
How many times
Must I drink myself to sleep?
I’m a Riverboat Gambler
Rollin’ down the stream
(CHORUS)
Oh how many times must I drink myself to sleep?
credits
from The Midnight Bus EP,
released December 19, 2014
Riverboat Gambler (The Census, Al Brown)
Zach Anderson (vocals, guitar, mandolin)
Aaron Brown (vocals)
Aaron Beaudrow (banjo)
Alex Boothby (drums)
Brad Azzano (electric guitar, synth, vocals)
Momo Yoshikawa (strings)
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