Wooden Nickel Casino

Honky tonk country, wide-ranging relaxed male twang climbing into high notes, stacked harmonies on the hooks; vintage tape saturation; rolling banjo, bright fiddle runs, sliding steel guitar, and a featured country guitar and banjo solo; midtempo foot-stomping dance groove

[verse 1]
When we stumbled into deadwood
Cold and tired from the plains.
Thankful to get out of the rain.

The only thing I thought of
Was your pretty hair and face.
How you’d smile at my jokes
And give me just a taste.

The beer was a flowin
And the fire was a roarin.
Them corner boys playin cards
And drinking awfully hard.

Not me, on the porch waiting
For the postman’s route again
 his head just a shakin
at the mistake I was a makin

[pre-chorus]
The boys all got robbed
At the wooden nickel casino.
Chasing cards on the river
Or magic numbers in Keno.

[chorus]
I didn’t have a dime to spare
sent to a blonde lady
blue eyes and hair
Who promised me she cared.

As we headed down the trail
Tellin poker tales
I could hear her voice
In every canyon echo,
We lost our money and our hearts
At the wooden nickel casino.

[verse 2]
A couple of the boys
Started stacking up some coins
Talking about the ladies
The good times they would join.
Promising them some heaven,
And everyone a steak tenderloin.

Not me as I was scratching
her another note.
Even though you hadn’t wrote
As the captain of this love
With all my nickels floatin
I’ll go down with the boat.

[pre-chorus]
The boys all got robbed
At the wooden nickel casino.
Chasing cards on the river
Or magic numbers in Keno.

[chorus]
I didn’t have a dime to spare
sent to a blonde lady
blue eyes and hair
Who promised me she cared.

As we headed down the trail
Tellin poker tales
I could hear her voice
In every canyon echo,
We lost our money and our hearts
At the wooden nickel casino.

[country guitar and banjo solo]

[verse 3]
All the money, all the time,
All the jewels, and fancy wine.
Don’t matter much with a lady
Who is cold and fickle,
She’ll turn your love into a
wooden nickel.

[pre-chorus]
The boys all got robbed
At the wooden nickel casino.
Chasing cards on the river
Or magic numbers in Keno.

[chorus]
I didn’t have a dime to spare
sent to a blonde lady
blue eyes and hair
Who promised me she cared.

As we headed down the trail
Tellin poker tales
I could hear her voice
In every canyon echo,
We lost our money and our hearts
At the wooden nickel casino.

[conclusion]
All the money, all the time,
All the jewels, and fancy wine.
Don’t matter much with a lady
Who is cold and fickle,
She’ll turn your love into a
wooden nickel.

[outro]
put that in you pocket old son, 
save that nickel for later

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[verse 1] When we stumbled into deadwood Cold and tired from the plains. Thankful to get out of the rain. The only thing I thought of Was your pretty hair and face. How you’d smile at my jokes And give me just a taste. The beer was a flowin And the fire was a roarin. Them corner boys playin cards And drinking awfully hard. Not me, on the porch waiting For the postman’s route again his head just a shakin at the mistake I was a makin [pre-chorus] The boys all got robbed At the wooden nickel casino. Chasing cards on the river Or magic numbers in Keno. [chorus] I didn’t have a dime to spare sent to a blonde lady blue eyes and hair Who promised me she cared. As we headed down the trail Tellin poker tales I could hear her voice In every canyon echo, We lost our money and our hearts At the wooden nickel casino. [verse 2] A couple of the boys Started stacking up some coins Talking about the ladies The good times they would join. Promising them some heaven, And everyone a steak tenderloin. Not me as I was scratching her another note. Even though you hadn’t wrote As the captain of this love With all my nickels floatin I’ll go down with the boat. [pre-chorus] The boys all got robbed At the wooden nickel casino. Chasing cards on the river Or magic numbers in Keno. [chorus] I didn’t have a dime to spare sent to a blonde lady blue eyes and hair Who promised me she cared. As we headed down the trail Tellin poker tales I could hear her voice In every canyon echo, We lost our money and our hearts At the wooden nickel casino. [country guitar and banjo solo] [verse 3] All the money, all the time, All the jewels, and fancy wine. Don’t matter much with a lady Who is cold and fickle, She’ll turn your love into a wooden nickel. [pre-chorus] The boys all got robbed At the wooden nickel casino. Chasing cards on the river Or magic numbers in Keno. [chorus] I didn’t have a dime to spare sent to a blonde lady blue eyes and hair Who promised me she cared. As we headed down the trail Tellin poker tales I could hear her voice In every canyon echo, We lost our money and our hearts At the wooden nickel casino. [conclusion] All the money, all the time, All the jewels, and fancy wine. Don’t matter much with a lady Who is cold and fickle, She’ll turn your love into a wooden nickel. [outro] put that in you pocket old son, save that nickel for later

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