Song Description

A happy gambler drives around the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico and plays in poker games.

Lyrics

Hi-Lo
by Ed McCoyd

Verse 1
I went to Tijuana
With money on my mind
And got into a poker game with seven other guys
When I started winning
I greased up the wheel
By betting with a hundred dollar bill on every deal

Chorus
Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo
The game that I played was
Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo
On lucky streaks, it paid
Win or lose, win or lose
It always was a thrill
Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo
With hundred dollar bills

Verse 2
In my El Dorado
I'd drive from town to town
Looking for a table where I'd lay my money down
Sometimes I had a high hand
Sometimes my hand was low
If neither, I'd bet hundreds, hoping other guys would fold

(Chorus)

Verse 3
Then I had a bum-streak
That wouldn't seem to break
Fifty stinkin' hundred dollar bills I threw away
Still I kept on traveling
From one town to the next
And won myself eleven hundred dollar bills in Texas

(Chorus)

Bridge (music only)

Verse 4
Was breaking about even
When the end came to my run
My lovely wife Elvira said my traveling days were done
I'd have to save my money now for
Diapers, shoes, and clothes
The stork had paid a visit and so poker had to go
How I miss it so

(Chorus twice)

Outro
Hundred dollar
Green and crispy
Hundred dollar
Hundred dollar bills