Shoot Out the Stars

"Gonna shoot a little dice Play a little cards Drink a little beer and shoot out the stars Gonna dance with the girl in calico dress Live to raise hell, ain't no time to rest" Sittin' at a table playing five card draw Losing money faster than you ever saw I looked at the dealer said, where y'all from He smiled real big and he pulled out his gun He said me and my pappy and my grandpap we all come from the Cumberland Gap The Cumberland Gap, the Cumberland Gap We all come from the Cumberland Gap Well I looked at that gun, and I looked at my hand I looked at the money and I looked at the band The fiddle player sawing some mournful song I'm living in this world boys, but not for long "Gonna shoot a little dice Play a little cards Drink a little beer and shoot out the stars Gonna dance with the girl in calico dress Live to raise hell, ain't no time to rest" Going down Cripple Creek, going in a run Going down Cripple Creek to have a little fun Down on Cripple Cripple Creek the living is fast The girls are all pretty and the money never lasts You can have you a girl, you can have you a dance They'll have you hitched and married if you give'em a chance Preacher man says "son you're living wrong Life's too short and you're doing all wrong I said to the preacher, I know you're right, I'm looking for a girl that can last all night. I need to find me a bottle with something good and get to living life the way I should "Gonna shoot a little dice Play a little cards Drink a little beer and shoot out the stars Gonna dance with the girl in calico dress Live to raise hell, ain't no time to rest"