Loser Lyrics

Lyrics: Robert Hunter Music: Jerry Garcia If I had a gun for every ace that I had drawn I could arm a town the size of Abilene Don't you push me baby, 'cause I'm moaning low And you know I'm only in it for the gold All that I am asking for is ten gold dollars (note 1) And I could pay you back with one good hand You can look around at the wide world over But you'll never find another honest man Last fair deal in the country, sweet Susie (note 2) Last fair deal in the town Put your gold money where your love is baby Before you let my deal go down Don't you push me baby, 'cause I'm moaning low Well I know a little something you won't ever know Don't you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee Gonna get up in the morning and go Everybody's bragging and drinking that wine I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines Come to daddy on an inside straight Well I got no chance of losing this time Well I got no chance of losing this time Notes (1) at some point, this changed from "one gold dollar" - inflation! (2) after a while, Garcia dropped "sweet Susie" from this line, though he occasionally seemed to forget and bring it back again! It rarely appears after 1972, but instances are 5/14/74, 6/18/74 and 1/10/79.