Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
You know that the odds
Won't ride with you
Never leave your woman alone
With your friends around to steal her
She'll be gambled and gone
Like summer wages
And we'll keep rollin on
All down along Main Steet
The dreams of the season
Are spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber
Wait there just for fallin'
The hookers stand watchfully
Waitin by the door
I'm going to work on them towboats
And the years are gambled and lost
Like summer wages