Lyrics:

I gotta tell ya about the blues I gotta tell ya just how I lose Ain't got no money But I'll straighten up my head at the Cosmo now Gambler, gambler Chicken in the first degree Gambler, gambler Chicken in the first degree I never been a gambler So please don't messin' me Hey, jury, jury I tell you story, true Ah, listen, jury, jury Tell you story true The jury found me guilty Don't know what to do I was playing in Boston Say, up in old St. Lou Surrounded by the FBI For something I didn't do Now my baby left me Left me all alone Judge said, 'Son, you ain't going home' Gambler, gambler Chicken in the first degree Well, I've never been a gambler So please don't messin' me Oh, no, no, no Oh, gambler, gambler Chicken in the first degree Gambler, gambler Chicken in the first degree Well, I've never been a gambler So please don't messin' me