I hate to leave you babe But I just can't waste my time Well you've got this jealous husband And I'm too too young to die I gotta move on away from around here Just before the bullets fly I've always been a gabler Takin' chances all of my life Bustin' all 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 ♪ 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 gettin' higher But somehow I Survive By knowin' when the need becomes Just before the bullets fly I'm knowing when the need becomes Just before the bullets fly I'm knowing when the need becomes Just before the bullets fly