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a gambler’s a man / who knows that a plan’s / just a story that’s spun out of dreams
it can act as a prop / to get you to stop / but temporary is all that it means
sooner than not / you’ll get what you’ve bought / whether you lose or you win
I’ve lost my share / but look, I’m still here / so, dealer, won’t you deal me again?

I seen all kinds / from the ones who read minds / to them who can’t spot a tell from a bluff
To the burn-outs, retired / hard-lucks, hardwired / who can’t say when they’ve had enough
I’ve heard the advice / of them who say to think twice / what do they know about where I been?
If you had these blues / I’ll wager you, too / ‘d be sayin: Dealer, deal me again

I had me a girl / she was out of this world / she was a once-in-a-lifetime affair
I asked her to stay / she told me o.k. / then she high-tailed it right out of there
I heard through the mill / she’s been up to it still / making fools out of dangerous men
Still causin a stir / Ain’t that good for her? / Dealer, won’t you deal me again?

Some play for the thrill / for the hunt or the kill / for the chance to be something they’re not
Some play cause they know / just how it will go / so long as they never get caught
Me, I’m the sort / who lives for the sport / I play for sheer love of the game
Don’t matter what / poker straight, draw or stud / Dealer, just deal me again

When it was you / I did what I could do / to let you know I was your friend
I held you aside / to defend you, I lied / and if I had to, I’d do it again
But now it’s reversed / and I come to you first / you act like you don’t know who I am—
If I’m still in the game / and the rules haven’t changed / well dealer, won’t you deal me again?

You tried to live straight / as something you hate / and you know that it won’t ever fit
It’s a gamble as soon / as you’re torn from the womb / til you finally cash in your chips
To live is to bet / in a game against Death / and you know the house wins in the end
But if it’s all gone to hell / spose I might as well… / Dealer, won’t you deal me again?

I’m friends with the bar / doorman’s got a car / there’d be more than enough to go round
a few guns, for show / and a place to lay low / where we could wait for the heat to die down
maybe it’s how you feel / or it’s there in the deal / or it’s some kind of wheel you just spin
you won’t know til it lands / or you’ve played out your hand / Dealer, won’t you deal me again?

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from Unravelled Tales - Volume 1, released March 5, 2021

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Sam Steffen Boise, Idaho

Sam Steffen is a Pennsylvania-bred, Boise-based singer-songwriter whose songs are the torch-wood for a new generation of folk music that has learned from the best stuff in the tradition and aims in spite of everything to keep the human spirit alive and kicking. A versatile musician and skilled finger-picker, Sam is at heart a story-teller, and a prolific one. ... more

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