A dream a dying flame My brain is tinder to the spark Just waiting for the day to start It's somewhere in your dress Your breath, and words down in the dark I loved you but I'm long gone It sure was getting hard To see you in the dawn Glowing with your love song Staying up afraid I'd go away some day And knowing it 'aint far off 'Cuz I was born a Gambler I was born astray And I been playing hands, lord That I can't sustain ♪ Another morning breaks My train's the six, I go uptown Thought I saw you there in the crowd My friends all sitting 'round In town for tall tales and a drink I keep slipping off to lean on the sink 'Cuz I can feel you in my blood In the tatters of my lungs Are you somewhere underneath the sun? Did you catch another's eye Are you slipping past the line You know I was a waste of Time! 'Cuz I was born a Gambler I was born astray And I been playing hands, lord That I can't sustain