Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
You know that the odds
Won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone
With your friends around to steal her
She'll be gamled and gone
Like summer wages

And we'll keep rollin' on
'til we get to vancouver
And the woman that I love
She's living there
It's been six long months
And more since I've seen her
Years have gambled and gone
Like summer wages

Chorus:
In all the beer parlors
All down along main street
The dreams of the seasons
Get all spilled down on the floor
All the big stands of timber
Just waiting for falling
And the hookers standing watchfully
Waiting by the door

So I'll work on the towboats
With my slippery city shoes
Which lord I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound straits
Where the cedars stand watching
I'll be far off and gone
Like summer wages

Chorus

Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
You know that the odds
Won't ride with you
And never leave your woman alone
With your friends around to steal her
She'll be gamled and gone
Like summer wages

Tag
And the years are gambled and lost
Like summer wages

• A Bible & a Gun
• A Country Song
• A Far Cry from You
• A Little Bit in Love
• Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?
• Arianne
• Baby Let Me Follow You Down
• Baby's in Black
• Before They Make Me Run
• Blue Yodel #9
• Cocaine
• Creepy Jackalope Eye
• Cry Myself to Sleep
• Crying, Waiting, Hoping
• Dead Flowers
• Dirty Old Town
• Don't Take Your Guns to Town
• Elijah's Church
• Ellis Unit One
• Francine
• Goodnight Irene
• Hangmen
• High Fashion Queen
• I Thought I Was Dreaming
• If I Should Fall from Grace With God
• In The Jailhouse Now
• It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
• Johnny Too Bad
• Little Sister
• Love's to Blame
• Lucy Dee
• Lungs
• Me & The Eagle
• Mustang Wine
• My Uncle
• Nashville Cats
• Nebraska
• No Deal
• Open Your Window
• Racing in The Street
• Rex's Blues
• Saturday Night & Sunday Morning
• Shake, Rattle & Roll
• She's About a Mover
• Sin City
• Sincerely
• Six Days on The Road
• Slippin' Away
• Sorry Dwayne
• Sorry Sue
• State Trooper
• Summer Wages
• Sweet Virginia
• Take It or Leave It
• The Crush
• The Truth
• The Window Song
• What'll You Do About Me
• What's Your Name
• Wheels
• When Will Will Be Married?
• When You Fall in Love
• While You Sleep
• White Freight Liner Blues
• Windfall
• You Tear Me Up