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The Gambler

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Aug. 25, 20091 viewer62.6K views

The Gambler Lyrics

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Genius Annotation

The Gambler was written about Nate’s Parents, Larry and Bess. It talks about how they met, their children, and Larry’s sickness.
It starts off from the perspective of his father and in the fifth verse switches to his mother’s perspective.

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Does the name of the song have anything to do with The Gambler by Kenny Rogers?
Genius Answer

A longest common substring analysis of the lyrics of the two songs doesn’t detect any similarities.

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Recorded At
Appletree Studios
Release Date
August 25, 2009
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