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Rusty Williams – Riverboat Gambler (2025) | Track profile | Dork

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Grand Man
Riverboat Gambler

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Riverboat Gambler

Release date: 14th February 2025

From Grand Man

Track 11

3:12

Singer/Songwriter Music

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"Riverboat Gambler" is a track by Rusty Williams, from the album Grand Man, released 14th February 2025. The track is 3:12 long. It's filed under Singer/Songwriter. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Rusty Williams.

About the Artist

Rusty Williams

Rusty Williams

Lyrics

Riverboat Gambler

On the bank of the river - suitcase in hand
The paddlewheel is churning - he can hear it round the bend
Old Holmes is a gambler - the cards are his best friend
The river holds his table and the game that never ends

He's a riverboat gambler and he knows how to play
When the cards fall wrong there'll be another day
If he don't win a hand he'll take what he can
Take what he can

Memories of better times - when all the cards fell right
Holmes shined like a lantern on the riverboat at night
The hearts were full, how did he hide the twinkle in his eyes?
The ace, king, queen and jack were his - the ten was no surprise

He's a riverboat gambler and he knows how to play
When the cards fall wrong there'll be another day
If he don't win a hand he'll take what he can
Take what he can

Cards and that old river is all he's ever known -
Part of him will still be there when he's dead and gone
Standing on the riverbank holding his old friend -
Waiting for his table to pick him up again

He's a riverboat gambler and he knows how to play
When the cards fall wrong there'll be another day
If he don't win a hand he'll take what he can
Take what he can

He's a riverboat gambler and he knows what to play
When the cards fall wrong there'll be another day
If he don't win a hand he'll take what he can
Take what he can

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Track details

From Grand Man

3:122025

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Album

14th February 2025

Track number

11

Release year

2025

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Hayley Williams' grandfather has dropped his lost 1970s album, 'Grand Man'

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Paramore's Hayley Williams and Zac Farro helped release her grandfather's previously unreleased 1970s album through Farro's record label.

14 Feb 2025 • 10:35 pm

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5I Can't Live Here Anymore

6If Only For A While

7I'm Never Gonna Stop (Loving You)

8Lovers Only Come And Go

9Every Time I'm High

11Riverboat Gambler

3:12

12Someone Who Happened To Me

13Take Me Around The World