Lyrics to
Bet On The Blues

This version of Bet On The Blues was released by John Denver in 1977.

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Five hundred’ll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you’ll lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you’re a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you’re looking to get an inside slant,
if you’re looking for something so good you can’t refuse, bet on the blues.
Find a man who thinks he’s over the hump,
I’m here to tell you he’s a kind of a chump you can use, bet on the blues, bet on the blues.

Lucky old sun is shining today. Even money says you’ll be paying some dues, bet on the blues.
You say you found your lady fair.
Eight to five she’s wearing her traveling shoes, bet on the blues.
Five hundred’ll buy you a stack. Bet it on the red or the black and you’ll lose, bet on the blues.
You tell me you’re a gambling man.
Try to beat the house if you can and you lose, bet on the blues.
If you’re looking to get an inside slant,
if you’re looking for something so good you can’t refuse, bet on the blues, bet on the blues,
bet on the blues, bet on the blues, bet on the blues.

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About Lyrics and Bet On The Blues by John Denver

The lyrics to Bet On The Blues are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that John Denver used when the song was created in 1977. The lyrics to Bet On The Blues have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only John Denver and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Bet On The Blues by John Denver. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Bet On The Blues" means the words set to the music of Bet On The Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by John Denver. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Bet On The Blues and the lyrics to Bet On The Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of John Denver who came here looking just for the lyrics to Bet On The Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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