The Ghostly Gambler

[Verse] Down in the Quarter where the shadows dance Cards hit the table A game of chance He walks through the room His boots don’t make a sound A whiskey grin His eyes coal-bound [Chorus] They call him the Ghostly Gambler He plays for souls Dice in his pocket Heart full of holes Win or lose You’ll pay his toll The Ghostly Gambler never lets you go [Verse 2] He bets on love He bets on fear A smile so sharp it’ll cut your ear The riverboat whispers his name in the night A phantom hand that holds too tight [Prechorus] He deals your fate with a flick of the wrist His laugh a riddle His touch a mist [Chorus] They call him the Ghostly Gambler He plays for souls Dice in his pocket Heart full of holes Win or lose You’ll pay his toll The Ghostly Gambler never lets you go [Bridge] The moonlight shivers on his tattered coat The stakes are blood The stakes are hope You think you’ll win But the house is his He leaves you empty with a ghostly kiss