As sunset fell upon Atlantic City

I strolled along her Boardwalk by the sea

While savorin’ some sweet saltwater taffy

Beneath a blue moon shinin’ down on me

The stars were twinklin’ brightly way up yonder

A briny ocean mist perfumed the air

The sorry state of my fate made me ponder

The odds that ‘Lady Luck’ would find me there

Fools an’ gamblers gather round

Kiss your chips then lay ’em down

Split your pairs to play for double

Be prepared for Blackjack trouble

I maxed-out my last MasterCard to stake me

An’ hocked my vintage Studebaker truck

Their slickest dealer did his best to break me

But only knocked me down by twenty bucks

I quit his table nearly even-steven

Though partin’ with that twenty got my gall

The house by now was rakin’ in gazillions

I fantasized how I might take it all

Fools an’ gamblers gather round

Kiss your chips then lay ’em down

Split your pairs to play for double

Be prepared for Blackjack trouble

Sure blackjack’s full of risky chance

You get two cards an’ add their sum

You take a hit or fake a stance

Your brass is grass past twenty-one

But if the sudden loss of gold

Is your idea of havin’ fun

Then play blackjack or just get rolled

’Cause either way you’ll soon have none

Fools an’ gamblers gather round

Kiss your chips then lay ’em down

Split your pairs to play for double

Be prepared for Blackjack trouble

The mornin’ sunrise lit a new horizon

An’ though I shoulda been tucked in by then

I reckon this won’t come as too surprisin’

I thought I oughta press my luck again

I caved in to that sorrowful temptation

Then like a Christmas turkey I got plucked

I blew right through a borrowed twenty thousand

While tryin’ to win back my twenty bucks

Fools an’ gamblers gather round

Kiss your chips then lay ’em down

Split your pairs to play for double

Be prepared for Blackjack trouble