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Composer: Ian Tyson

Ian & Sylvia - Summer Wages lyrics



Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer,
For you know that the odds won't ride with you.
Never leave your woman alone with your friends around to steal her.
She’ll be gambled and gone like summer wages.

And we'll keep rollin on 'til we get to Vancouver
And the lady that I love, she’s living there.
It's been 6 long months and more since I've seen her;
Maybe she’s gambled and gone like summer wages.

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 waiting there just for falling
And the hookers standing watchfully waiting by the door.

So I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes --
Lord, I swore I would never do that again.
Through the gray fogbound straits where the cedars stand a-waiting
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.

(Instrumental bridge)

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 waiting there just for falling
And the hookers waiting watchfully standing by the door.

Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer,
For you know that the odds won't ride with you.
Never leave your woman alone with friends around to steal her.
She’ll be gambled and gone like summer wages.
And the years are gambled and lost like summer wages.
Songs list of album: Beginning of the End (1996)
         Title Rating
01   More Often Than Not lyrics  
5.00
02    Creators of Rain lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   Summer Wages lyrics  
5.00
04    Midnight lyrics Add lyrics   -
05   Barney lyrics  
5.00
06    Some Kind of Fool lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Shark and the Cockroach lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Last Lonely Eagle lyrics   -
09    Lincoln Freed Me lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Needle of Death lyrics Add lyrics   -
11    Everybody Has to Say Goodbye lyrics Add lyrics   -
12    Give It to the World lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Jordan Station lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    Long Beach lyrics Add lyrics   -
15   Love Is Strange lyrics  
4.00
 

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