Gambler, Gambler

I gotta tell ya about the blues
 I gotta tell ya just how I lose
 Ain't got no money
 But I'll straighten up my head at the Cosmo now
 Gambler, gambler
 Chicken in the first degree
 Gambler, gambler
 Chicken in the first degree
 I never been a gambler
 So please don't messin' me
 Hey, jury, jury
 I tell you story, true
 Ah, listen, jury, jury
 Tell you story true
 The jury found me guilty
 Don't know what to do
 I was playing in Boston
 Say, up in old St. Lou
 Surrounded by the FBI
 For something I didn't do
 Now my baby left me
 Left me all alone
 Judge said, "Son, you ain't going home"
 Gambler, gambler
 Chicken in the first degree
 Well, I've never been a gambler
 So please don't messin' me
 Oh, no, no, no
 Oh, gambler, gambler
 Chicken in the first degree
 Gambler, gambler
 Chicken in the first degree
 Well, I've never been a gambler
 So please don't messin' me