Alabama Riverboat Gambler

from Super Hits: Demos (2016-2019) by Matéo Champlain

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Alabama riverboat gambler
Hes got a pokerface like you never seen
Alabama riverboat gambler
Livin off a pork an beans
Alabama riverboat gambler
Not as glamorous as he may seem
Been livin the life of a gambler
Since he was just 15

Floatin on down the bayo
Smokin that injun’ tobacco
You can almost hear the banjos in the wind
Alabama riverboat gamblin man

Some say he was born in the mountains
Way back in tennessee
Some say hes the child of a mississippi river
Freeborn as a man can be
Sitting plush with a royal flush
Aces back to back oh no
Hes crazier than Crazy Otto
And hes meaner than Wolfman Jack

Floatin on down the bayo
Smokin that injun’ tobacco
You can almost hear the banjos in the wind
Alabama riverboat gamblin man
Way on down in the bayou land
Where the alligators own the scene
The gambler man had to make his stand
Against another man like he never seen
Bullet bill from way back in the hills
Had a look in his eyes like he wanted to kill, oh no
After bout 13 rounds of poker
He slang a gun up over his shoulder

But Alabama was a quick draw
He shot Bill square in the jaw
You can almost hear him screamin in the wind
Alabama riverboat gamblin man

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from Super Hits: Demos (2016-2019), released July 10, 2020
Lyrics by Matéo Amero and D.J. Harris.
Music by Matéo Amero

Matéo Amero: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Harmonica, Organ, Bass, Percussion.

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