when I found the pleasures of life
And I lost myself to the shadows
They don't make you a good man,
but it might make you feel like one
And I wasted my time, waiting for change
Oh, but change won't ever come
When you're left on the bad side alone
And the gam bler always comes up short
Well they swear they made me die
Left my face black and blue
And there ain't too much I'll regret
of a bitch that you ever met
And I wasted my time, waiting for change
But change won't ever come
When you're left on the bad side of love
And the gam bler always comes up short
For the things that he's done
what it means to be loved
To come home in the evening
to someone that I can trust
But sometimes what you get
So I guess I'll keep a fightin'
On the bad side of love till I'm dead
And I wasted my time waitin' for change
Oh, but change won't ever come
When you're left on the bad side of luck
And the gambler always comes up short
Said the gambler always comes up short
Well, the gambler always comes up short
For the things that he's done