(to Kenny Rogers' "The Gambler"

As we're lifting off from Eavesdown

And we're heading out to Whitefall

I met up with the passengers

Who'd joined as paying fares

I could feel each one hid something

You can bet I weren't too happy

I can't afford no ignorance

In my gorram boat's affairs

The first one, he's a shepherd

Full of good-book quotes and guilt-trips

Claims he just wanted to walk the world

After bein' too long away

But he knows far too much 'bout

Things a shepherd shouldn't know of

So if I ain't seeming too trusting

I'm sure you'll forgive my ways

See, I need to know when to stow 'em

Know when to throw 'em

Know when to ask real nice

When to get tough

Can't afford no more mistakes now

Need to stay right off the radar

Cos' while flyin' free might not seem much

For me 'n' mine, it's enough

The second one's a doctor

Spoiled rich kid with a secret

Soft white hands that never did

A day of work in their whole lives

And I can't stand the way that

He looks down his nose at real folk

But his money's good - keeps us afloat

So his tenancy survives

Third one's an enigma

Got no inkling of his story

Ain't one for askin' questions

'less the answers concern my crew

But there's something not quite right 'bout

The way he acts around us

So I'm thinkin' there's decisions comin'

'bout what I have to do

See, I gotta know when to stow 'em

Know when to throw 'em

Know when to ask real nice

When to get tough

Can't afford no more mistakes now

Need to stay right off the radar

Cos' while flyin' free might not seem much

For me 'n' mine, it's enough

And somewhere on our journey

Someone tries to send a signal

Alerting Feds from near and far

We've stolen goods aboard

And a part of me wonders

Why it never can go easy

And wonders which one sold us out

And what was his reward.

See, I shoulda known when to stow 'em

Known when to throw 'em

Known when to ask real nice

When to get tough

Can't afford no more mistakes now

Need to stay right off the radar

Cos' while flying free might not seem much

For me 'n' mine, it's enough

Yeah, while flying free might not seem much

For me 'n' mine, it's enough