The Gamblers Song Analysis Essay
Country Music
The song that I chose was The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. I have heard this song before but I’ve never listened that closely to the song. As the title suggests that it is about gambling. This song is about a man with some emotional troubles who is on a train going nowhere. While he’s on the train he sits in silence with a gambler. The gambler breaks the silence by giving the man some advice seemingly about gambling but also about life. The gambler then puts out his cigarette, goes to sleep, and dies. This advice repeats in the man’s head as the chorus repeats in the song. The song never officially says that the gambler dies but certain lines in the song suggest it. “And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep” and
The song that I chose was The Gambler by Kenny Rogers. I have heard this song before but I’ve never listened that closely to the song. As the title suggests that it is about gambling. This song is about a man with some emotional troubles who is on a train going nowhere. While he’s on the train he sits in silence with a gambler. The gambler breaks the silence by giving the man some advice seemingly about gambling but also about life. The gambler then puts out his cigarette, goes to sleep, and dies. This advice repeats in the man’s head as the chorus repeats in the song. The song never officially says that the gambler dies but certain lines in the song suggest it. “And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep” and