I have held many long, heated discussions with my mother as to whether The Gambler dies at the end of the song. I say he does, she says not. I think it just makes sense. What else would "broke even" and "final words" refer to? And he already said that "the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
@brilliantcareer My first thought tells me that he does die, but there are other parts of the song that make me wonder....as was posted earlier, The Gambler, whose life has been spent trying to take others’ valuables, actually GIVES something away. If you want to say he received payment, fine, but a swallow of whiskey
@brilliantcareer My first thought tells me that he does die, but there are other parts of the song that make me wonder....as was posted earlier, The Gambler, whose life has been spent trying to take others’ valuables, actually GIVES something away. If you want to say he received payment, fine, but a swallow of whiskey
I have held many long, heated discussions with my mother as to whether The Gambler dies at the end of the song. I say he does, she says not. I think it just makes sense. What else would "broke even" and "final words" refer to? And he already said that "the best you can hope for is to die in your sleep."
@brilliantcareer My first thought tells me that he does die, but there are other parts of the song that make me wonder....as was posted earlier, The Gambler, whose life has been spent trying to take others’ valuables, actually GIVES something away. If you want to say he received payment, fine, but a swallow of whiskey
@brilliantcareer My first thought tells me that he does die, but there are other parts of the song that make me wonder....as was posted earlier, The Gambler, whose life has been spent trying to take others’ valuables, actually GIVES something away. If you want to say he received payment, fine, but a swallow of whiskey
@brilliantcareer I agree with you, he dies at the end. It's hardly worth a heated discussion, though.
@brilliantcareer I agree with you, he dies at the end. It's hardly worth a heated discussion, though.