Lyrics to
Riverboat Gambler

Released by Carly Simon in 1976
From the Album: Another Passenger |

This version of Riverboat Gambler was released by Carly Simon in 1976.

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Riverboat gambler
Drinking alone on the prow
Chasing your Bourbon with Tennessee gin
The big game’s about to begin

Riverboat gambler
Hiding that Ave up your sleeve
I can see through all that debonaire style
The irony bending your smile

And I won’t tip your hand
I won’t do you in
I want to stay near you
I want you to win

Riverboat gambler
You can defy all the odds
You can draw diamonds to fill out your flush
You can find someone to trust

And I won’t steal your chips
I won’t steal your pride
Won’t you take me on faith
Won’t you let me inside

Riverboat gambler
Under our velvet and lace
You’re an old vagabond, I’m a poor waif
Let’s make a place that’s safe

Riverboat gambler
Come on and let me inside


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About Lyrics and Riverboat Gambler by Carly Simon

The lyrics for Riverboat Gambler are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Carly Simon. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Riverboat Gambler have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Riverboat Gambler - Carly Simon and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Riverboat Gambler by Carly Simon in multiple ways. 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 Riverboat Gambler" means the words set to the music of Riverboat Gambler, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carly Simon. 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 Riverboat Gambler and the lyrics to Riverboat Gambler are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carly Simon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Riverboat Gambler, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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