When I look back at my time at the track   And I played and I played and I played and I was   Shooting the craps at the back of Fat Jack's   Come on fade me Jake   I'm a Las Vegas dreamer they took to the cleaners   A bath what a bath what a bath I'd take   A fish on a hook I was rattled and shook 'cause I lost my stake   I took that serious      All of my life was a laugh and a joke   And a drink and a smoke   And then I passed out on the floor   Again and again and again and again and again      I'm a gambling fool with a roll and a cue   Wanna play wanna play wanna play with me   Put my ass on the line rubbed my nose in the grime   And they picked me clean   The chance and the game drove Old Silkly insane   What a pain what a strain on my brain it was   A fish on a hook I was rattled and shook 'cause I lost my stake   I took that serious      All of my life was a laugh and a joke   A drink and a smoke   And then I passed out on the floor   Again and again and again and again and again      Serious it was serious oh so serious   Serious it was serious oh so serious      All of my life was a laugh and a joke   A drink and a smoke   And then I passed out on the floor   Or a friend   Again and again and again and again and again      All of my life was a laugh and a joke   A drink and a smoke   And then I passed out on the floor   Or a friend      Again and again and again and again and again and again   And again and again and again and again and again   And again and again