Born Astray

A dream a dying flame
 My brain is tinder to the spark
 Just waiting for the day to start
 It's somewhere in your dress
 Your breath, and words down in the dark
 I loved you but I'm long gone
 It sure was getting hard
 To see you in the dawn
 Glowing with your love song
 Staying up afraid
 I'd go away some day
 And knowing it 'aint far off
 'Cuz I was born a Gambler
 I was born astray
 And I been playing hands, lord
 That I can't sustain
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 Another morning breaks
 My train's the six, I go uptown
 Thought I saw you there in the crowd
 My friends all sitting 'round
 In town for tall tales and a drink
 I keep slipping off to lean on the sink
 'Cuz I can feel you in my blood
 In the tatters of my lungs
 Are you somewhere underneath the sun?
 Did you catch another's eye
 Are you slipping past the line
 You know I was a waste of
 Time!
 'Cuz I was born a Gambler
 I was born astray
 And I been playing hands, lord
 That I can't sustain