Ian & Sylvia Summer Wages Lyrics

Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer
For you know the odds won't ride with you
Never leave your woman alone when your friends are out
to steal her
Years are gambled and lost like summer wages.

And we'll keep rolling on till we get to Vancouver
And the woman that I love who's waiting there
It's been six long months and more since I've seen her
She may be gambled and gone like summer wages.

In all the beer parlors all down along Main Street
The dreams of the seasons are all spilled down on the
floor
Of the big stands of timber just waiting for falling
And the hustlers sitting watchfully as they wait there by the door.

So, I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes Which I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound coast where the cedars
stand watching
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.

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In all of the beer parlors all down along Main Street
The dreams of the seasons are all spilled down on the
floor
Of the big stands of timber just waiting for falling
And the hustlers sitting watchfully as they wait there by the
door.

So, I'll work on the towboats with my slippery city shoes
Which I swore I would never do again
Through the gray fog-bound coast where the cedars
stand a watching
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages.

Years are gambled and lost like summer wages...