The Gambler

Slow down, we've got time left to be lazy
All the kids are bloom from babies into flowers in our eyes
We've got fifty good years left to spend out in the garden
I don't care to beg your pardon, we should live until we die

We were barely eighteen
When we crossed collective hearts
It was cold, but it got warm when you barely crossed my eye
And you turned, put out your hand, and you asked me to dance
I knew nothing of romance,
But it was love at second sight

I swear when I grow up I won't just buy you a rose
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely
For even if the sun stops waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave 'til it's on time
So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave your side

It was the winter of '86, all the fields had frozen over
So we moved to Arizona to save our only son
And now he's turned into a man, though he thinks just like his mother
He believes we're all just lovers, he sees hope in everyone

And even though she moved away, we always get calls from our daughter
She has eyes just like her father's, they are blue when skies are gray
And just like him she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted
Works for everything that's handed to her, never once complained

You think that I nearly lost you when the doctors tried to take you away
But like the night you took my hand
Beside the fire thirty years ago
'Til this day, you swore you'd be here
'Til we decide that it's our time
But it's not time, you never quit in all your life
So just take my hand and know that I will never leave your side
You're the love of my life, you know that 
I will never leave your side

You come home from work, and you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dogs, you say that I should never feed them what is ours
So we move out to the garden, look at everything we've grown
And the kids are coming home so I'll set the table
You can make the fire


The Gambler
Slow down,
We've got time left to be lazy
All the kids have bloomed from babies
Into flowers in our eyes.
We've got 50 good years
Left to spend out in the garden
I don't care to beg your pardon,
We should live until we die.

We were barely 18
When we'd crossed collective hearts.
It was cold, but it got warm
When you'd barely crossed my eye.
And then you turned, put out your hand,
And you asked me to dance.
I knew nothing of romance, but
It was love at second sight.

I swear when I grow up,
I won't just buy you a rose.
I will buy the flower shop,
And you will never be lonely.
Even if the sun stops
Waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave 'till it's our time.
So just take my hand, you know that I
Will never leave your side.

It was the winter of '86,
And all the fields had frozen over.
So we moved to Arizona
To save our only son
And now he's turning to a man,
Although he thinks just like his mother,
He believes we're all just lovers
He sees hope in everyone.

And even though she moved away,
We always get calls from our daughter.
She has eyes just like her father's
They are blue when skies are grey
And just like him, she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted,
Works for everything that's handed to her,
Never once complains.

You think that I nearly lost you
When the doctors tried to take you away.
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
30 years ago to this day
You swore you'd be here
'Til we decide that it's our time
Well it's not time,
You've never quit in all your life.
So just take my hand, you know that
I'll never leave your side.
You're the love of my life, you know
That I'll never leave your side.

You come home from work
And you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dogs and say that I
Should never feed them what is ours
So we’re moving to the garden,
Looking everything we’ve grown
Now the kids are coming home
So I'll set the table
You can make the fire.