Lyrics
Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer
For you know the odds won't ride with you
Never leave your woman alone when your friends are out to steal her
Years I've gambled and lost like summer wages
And we'll keep rolling on till we get to Vancouver
And the one that I love is living there
It's been six long months and more since I've seen her
Made the gamble and gone like summer wages
In all of the beer bars down along Main Street
The dreams of the season are all spilled out on the floor
All the big stands of timber just waiting for the fall
And the hookers waiting watchfully as they sit there by the door
So I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes on
Which I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fogbound straits where the cedars stand waiting
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages
Years I've gambled and lost like summer wages