Smokey had a gambling problem God bless his soul He'd take all his rocks and shake 'em up and hope they'd turn into pearls. Pearl was at home Taking care of their three kids Like a weed out in the garden that choked the life right out of them Take it easy, Take it slow One more drink, One more road Won't you sit around as it slowly burns away Ain't nothing changed It's going up in flames It was early December And it turned out cold Smokey bought him a fifth of Turkey and headed on down to the boats Didn't take him an hour To burn three grand Jumped right out of the oven and right up into that ol' frying pan Chorus (Solo) Smokey stumbled in next morning Fell face down on the floor Pearl and the kids were gone, there was a note hanging on the door He took out one last cigarette Struck one last match Watched the house goin down around him as he took in one last draft Chorus x2