The Gambler (80's Version)

[michael jackson] [drum machine] [funk driven] [deep groove] [iconic bassline] [gritty vocals] [Verse] In the shadowed alley, 'neath a flickering light, (dahh tahh) A gambler threw his last roll, on a desperate night. (shk shk) He met the eyes of a figure all cloaked in black, (ahh tahh ahh) In the midnight hour, there was no turning back. (hee-hee-hee!) [Chorus] Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (hee-hee!) Signed off your soul for a game never won. (woooohh!) Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (ahh dahh) Down below you're going, and you'll never see the sun [Verse 2] Cards on the table, his hand trembled slight, (ahh tahh dahh) His debts like mountains, he was losing the fight. (uck uck) That cloaked figure grinned, leaned in real close, (ahh tahh dahh) "Sign this here paper, lose the burden you boast." (ack tahh) [Chorus] Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (hee-hee!) Signed off your soul for a game never won. (woooohh!) Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (ahh dahh) Down below you're going, and you'll never see the sun [Verse 3] (woooooh! heee-hee-heee!) He shuffled, he cut, he dealt his hand once more (gahh dahh ahh gahh) (ack! ack!) Felt the weight lift off him, heart not so sore. (oh no no no) (ahh dahh ahh dahh) (dahh!) But the price of freedom came with chains unseen, (chains unseen) (ooooo) (ahh!) Bound to a darkness where dreams grow lean. (dontchu do it nahh) [Chorus] Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE DONE NOW (hee-hee-hee!) Signed off your soul for a game NO ONE HAS EVER WON. (no one no, no one no, yeah yeah!) Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, where have you gone? (where did you go? where did you go now?) (ahh!) Down below you're going, and you'll never see the sun (never see the sun) [guitar solo] [Bridge] Moonlight cut through the air, slicing so fine, (yeah yeah! yeah yeah!) (tahh ahh tahh) The gambler now dances on the devil's thin line. (keep on dancin nahh) (ack dahh ahh dahh) Trying to outwit, claw back his soul, But in the games with shadows, the house always holds control-lahh-tahh [Verse 4] Years went by (ahh!), he played his hand so sly (do think twice now!) Tried to cheat the reaper (dahh!) with a cunning eye. (I I I I) But each fateful twilight-tahh, he could hear that call, (ooooh no) From the alley, the voice haunting (dahh!), of his inevitable fall. (ooooooooh no!) [Chorus] Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (ooooh gambler, ooooh my lord) Signed off your soul for a game never won. (siiiiigned off your soul, your soul now) Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (aaaaaaah ooooooooh) Down below you're going, and you'll never see the sun (never see the sun) Never see the sun (never see the sun!) Oh gambler! Oooooh gambler! Hee-hee-hee-hee! Aaaaow! Hooooh! Oooooh gambler! Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (ooooh gambler, ooooh my lord) Oh, gambler, oh, gambler, what have you done? (aaaaaaah ooooooooh) [end]