Intro: verse 1: Never hit 17, when you play against the dealer Cause you know That the odds won't ride with you And never leave your women alone when your friends are out to steal her She might be gambled and gone like summer wages verse 2: And we'll keep rolling on till we get to Vancouver Cause the lady that I love she's living there And it's been six long months or more since I've seen her She might be gambled and gone like summer wages In all the beer parlors all down the long main street Dreams of the season are spilled down on the floor Big stands of timber wait there just for falling The Hookers standing watch for me, waiting by the door verse 3: So I work on them toes with my slippery city shoes Though I swore I would never do that again Through the great fog bound streets where the sea stands awaiting I'll be far off and gone like summer wages Instrumental: