Johnny Silver |
LyricsJOHNNY SILVER WRITTEN FROM SOMEWHERE HE DROPPED HER A LINE JUST WHERE DOESN?T MATTER HE HAD SOMETHING ON HIS MIND ANOTHER WOMAN?S IN HIS LIFE THE ONE HE NEEDS SO MUCH HE THOUGHT SHE SHOULD KNOW HE?S BEEN LOVIN? LADY LUCK HE SAID DARLIN? DON?T CRY JUST TRY TO UNDERSTAND THERE?S NO WAY ON EARTH TO CHANGE A GAMBLIN? MAN GOD KNOWS SHE TRIED BUT THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE HE LET HER DOWN AND TURNED TO LADY LUCK CHORUS JOHNNY SILVER IS HIS NAME KING OF THE GAMBLIN? SCENE HE NEVER CHASES WOMEN HE ONLY CHASES GREEN A DECK OF CARDS, A ROLL OF DICE, HE?S GOOD AT ANY GAME HE LOVES LADY LUCK JOHNNY SILVER IS HIS NAME SHE FOUND JOHNNY SILVER IN A HOUSE OF GAMBLIN? GAMES SHE THOUGHT HE WOULD SETTLE DOWN AND HOPED THAT HE WOULD CHANGE JOHNNY WAS A WILD ONE GAMBLIN? WHEN HE CAN TOO LATE SHE FOUND OUT YOU CAN?T TAME A GAMBLING MAN ONE NIGHT HE SAID TO THE DEALER DEAL ME A WINNING HAND I?VE BEEN LOVIN? LADY LUCK AND I?M A LUCKY MAN THE DEALER STOPPED AND GRINNED AND SAID YOU?D BETTER CALL YOUR WIFE TELL HER YOUR TREASURE SHIP SANK IN VEGAS HERE TONIGHT REPEAT CHORUS TWICE repeat fourth line in chorus then fade. Co written by Joe Pickering Jr. and George La Flame King of the Road Music BMI publisher and copyright owner C 1993 |
| Song Length: 3:00 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: - |