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Kenny Rogers (again)
So I'm listening to The Gambler by Kenny Rogers, and Kenny explains how The Gambler could see that Kenny was 'out of aces' (in some metaphorical sense) and ergo proposed a trade of 'a taste' of Kenny's whiskey in exchange for 'some advice'.
And of course you immediately think - what kind of deal is that? Kenny gives up some whiskey and in return gets back 'advice' from some guy who clearly has no training in therapy or counselling or life coaching or any other profession that might render his advice worthy of such an exchange.
But Kenny, fool that he is, agrees to the trade, a mistake he soon regrets, as the wily old Gambler takes the bottle and drinks down Kenny's 'last swallow'. Then, compounding his mistake, Kenny agrees to hand over a cigarette and a light, all without a word of advice being yet offered in return.
And then finally Kenny apparently demands recompense, which comes in the form of a bizarre poker analogy, primarily based around the rhyming qualities of each word rather than any genuine insight into life they might offer.
You've got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away, know when to run
You never count your money when you're sitting at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealings done.
And so on and so forth in this vein, with incredibly vague snippets of 'advice' of the form 'you need to know this' and 'you need to know that' with no actual pointers on exactly how one can know this or that. It's as if Einstein had come forth with his theory of relativity but instead of explaining how it worked, he had simply said 'well, you need to know how the universe changes as you change velocity'. And left it at that. It would have been immensely frustrating. Especially if we'd already given him some whiskey and cigarettes in exchange for this knowledge.
And then the Gambler ends his hopelessly hazy counsel with the cheery notion that 'the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep'.
Fortunately, at this point, Kenny's patience has worn decidedly thin and he takes this last bit of advice, mercilessly slaughtering the Gambler... 'somewhere in the darkness, the Gambler he broke even'? I think not. Somewhere in the darkness, Kenny got even. A valuable lesson for those who would consider swindling people out of their precious alcohol and nicotine.
Begone,
-- Back to all music
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