you know i hate to leave you babe
but i just can´t waste my time....
well you´ve got this jealous husband
and i´m far too young to die,
i must move on away from here
just before the bullets fly

i´ve always been a gabler
takin´ chances all my life....
always smashin´ those love affairs
just like shootin´ dice,
i staged the game girl
that´s what keeps me satisfied
and i can leave it in the nick of time
just before the bullets fly

solo

i lost my first bet
when i was twenty-one
found myself in new orleans
on the wrong end of a gun....
the stakes keep getting higher......
but somehow i survive,
by knowin´ when the need became
just before the bullets fly
i´m knowing when the need became
just before the bullets fly
i´m knowing when the need became
just before the bullets fly