Bob Seger's Still the Same, which is either about a traveling poker player, or his father, or a song filled with metaphors for a chick that used everybody, including Seger.


You always won everytime you placed a bet
You're still damn good
No one's gotten to you yet
Everytime they were sure they had you caught
You were quicker than they thought
You'd just turn your back and walk

You always said
The cards would never do you wrong
The trick you said
Was never play the game too long
A gambler's share
The only risk that you would take
The only loss you could forsake
The only bluff you couldn't fake

And you're still the same
I caught up with you yesterday
Moving game to game
No one standing in your way
Turning on the charm
Long enough to get you by
You're still the same
You still aim high

There you stood
Everybody watched you play
I just turned and walked away
I had nothing left to say
'Cause you're still the same
You're still the same
Moving game to game
Some things never change

Electric Light Orchestra

Poker

Away, the joker's closing in,
Reform and they will win,
The light is fading fast.
I know, you know, they know, we all know,
Everybody's gonna burn down.

The girls come crawling on all fours,
Banging on locked doors,
High cards call the tune.
I know, you know, they know, we all know,
Everybody's gonna burn down.

Play me another hand,
Loose everything I am,
Until we meet again.

The ace, that's hiding up your sleeve,
Will cause the world to grieve,
The love you had is gone,
I know you know, they know, we all know.

The dream, in every player's heart,
To win it all not part,
They lie awake at night,
I know, you know, they know, we all know.

The game, where gamblers rule the night,
And get your blood they might,
The joker's closin' in,
I know, you know, they know, we all know.

"Neva Stop" - Kottonmouth Kings

It took me so many years to get to the top,
And now that I'm here I ain't gonna let my altitude drop,
I stay flying high like aces, checking people's faces,
As if I'm in a poker tournament in Las Vegas

Love me some Kmk

Eagles

Out of Control

Oh, my, don't the sky look spacious
With the stars all shinin' down
Well, I can hear the night wind howlin'
It's a high and lonesome sound
And I ain't had a woman in so long
I can't feed my starvin soul
Come on, saddle up, boys, we're gonna ride into town
We're gonna get a little out of control

There's a card game in the corner
And the barmaid smiled at me
Well, I tipped her a sliver dollar and
she brought me a drink for free

All the town-folk call her the cheap one
And the gamblers call her Flo
[From: http://www.elyrics.net]
Come on, set 'em up again
I got me a friend and I think I'm gettin' out of control
Oh, oh, oh

She's cool water, her momma taught her
I got news, she's mine and mine alone
And if anybody's lookin' for trouble
You know I'm the one you want to try

Well, I'll fight any man who wants to
And I don't care who or why

You got to gamble on your story
You got no guts, you get no glory
And I'm bettin' my money on an ace in the hole
Think I'm gettin' out of control

Underrated song from Desperado, think of it every time I head to Vegas.

these lyrics really embody the spirit of poker> ham by jay z and kanye

**** y'all mad at me for? Y'all don't even know what I've been through
I played chicken with a Mack truck, y'all mutha****as woulda been moved
I swam waters with Great Whites, y'all mutha****as woulda been chewed
I hustled with vultures late nights, y'all mutha****as woulda been food
**** wrong with these dudes? Try to walk around in these shoes
See the **** I saw growing up
Then maybe you could take a peek at Bey’s boobs
****** fantasize about the **** that I do daily
Like these rappers rap about all the **** that I do really

Grunch


O. A. R

"that was a crazy Game of poker"

True, gamblin' not teh pokers, but you can't forget the only band that matters:

Stagger Lee met Billy and they go down to gambling
Stagger Lee thrown seven, Billy said that he thrown eight
Billy said, "Hey Stagger, I'm gonna make my big attack
I'm gonna have to leave my knife in your back"

-Wrong 'em Boyo, The Clash

Never heard any of these songs but some chick Megan posted on yahoo:

1.Money - Pink Floyd
2. Por Una Cabeza - The Tango Project
3. You are My Best Poker Hand - Aaron "T-Bone" Walker
4. Ramblin, Gamblin Man - Bob Seger & The Slver Bullet Man
5. Bad Card - Bob Marley
6. Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out - Eric Clapton
7. The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
8.Ace in the Hole - George Strait
9.From A Jack To A King - Hank Snow
10.Riverboat Gambler - Chris Ledoux
11.Deal - Tom T. Hall
12.She's Got The Jack - AC/DC
13.Ace Of Spades - MotorHead
14.Deal - Grateful Dead
15.Winner Takes All - Abba
16.Three Card Trick - The Clash
17.The Angel And The Gambler - Iron Maiden
18.Losing Hand - Ray Charles
19.Easy Money - Billy Joel
20.Money For Nothing - Dire Straits
21.Pedro Navaja - Ruben Blades

Silky Sam by Spirit

Silky Sam was a gambling man
And the cards all would dance in his hand
The stars would shine just to make a lucky sign
So you'd understand

Silky Sam was a travelling man
And he went from town to town
He's pass you by with the world all in his eye
And his ear close to the ground

Mason

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Saturday Night Special

Big Jim's been drinkin' whiskey
And playing poker on a losin' night
Pretty soon, Big Jim starts a thinkin'
Somebody been cheatin' and lyin'
So Big Jim commences to fightin'
I wouldn't tell you no lie
And Big Jim done grab his pistol
Shot his friend right between the eyes

"Losing Hand," recorded by Ray Charles

I gambled on your love baby and got a losing hand
I gambled on your love baby and got a losing hand
Your ways keep changing like the shifting desert sand

While I was playing fair baby you played a cheating game
While I was playing fair baby you played a cheating game
I know you don't care but I love you just the same

I thought I'd be your king baby, yes and you could be my queen
I thought I'd be your king baby, yes and you could be my queen
But you used me for your joker ´cause I thought you're deal was clean

The way you did me pretty baby I declare I never understand
The way you did me pretty baby I declare I never understand
I gambled on your love baby and got a losing hand

"Blue on Black" - Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Blue on black
Tears on a river
Push on a shove
It don't mean much
Joker on jack
Match on a fire
Cold on ice
A dead man's touch

I can't believe no one else has posted this yet:

Cash Out (Bing Blang Blaow)

"playin poker on a river boat, hit the ace shotgun in my bitches coat"- action bronson it concerns me

There's quite a few gambling metaphors in this passage, the "rap" portion of "Roll the Bones" by Rush:


Jack...relax
Get busy with the facts
No zodiacs or almanacs
No maniacs in polyester slacks
Just the facts
Gonna kick some gluteus max
It's a parallax...you dig?
You move around
The small gets big
It's a rig
It's action...reaction
Random interaction
So who's afraid
Of a little abstraction?
Can't get no satisfaction
From the facts?
You better run, homeboy
A fact's a fact
From Nome to Rome, boy

What's the deal?
Spin the wheel
If the dice are hot...take a shot
Play your cards. Show us what you got
What you're holding
If the cards are cold
Don't go folding
Lady Luck is golden
She favors the bold
That's cold
Stop throwing stones
The night has a thousand saxophones
So get out there and rock
And roll the bones
Get busy!

PUSHIN' UP THE ANTE, I KNOW YOU GOT TO SEE ME, READ 'EM AND WEEP, THE DEAD MAN'S HAND AGAIN

+ other songs from the same album. (Raised on Rush. )

Steely Dan: Showbiz Kids (Countdown to Ecstasy)

Alan Parsons Project: Turn of a Friendly Card LP