Dan Bern - Gamblin' With My Love lyrics

Well, I was writing a play About Pete Rose and Bart Giamatti It takes place in a Motel 6 Just outside of Cincinnatti There's a table and a bottle of whiskey They're drinking but they light a cigarette first Pete Rose looks terrible Giamatti looks worse Giamatti says Pete, be straight with me Have you been gambling on games? Pete says Commissioner Where I come from, we bet on everything He says, Let's just get to the point Pete Did you ever bet on your own team I'm not sure what Pete's gonna reply But I think I'll have the telephone ring It's gonna be Shoeless Joe Jackson Calling from Tangiers He says Commissioner, if you don't throw him out What have I been doing all these years? Bagging groceries and painting houses Having to to beg and steal and rob Pete tries to grab the receiver, he says I can tell you stuff about Ty Cobb Then I hear a knocking A knocking at my door It's my sweet Martha and I open up And she crawls in on the floor Says put down your paper and pen, boy That can wait another day I say what's wrong? She grabs my leg, says All I've got to say is Are you gambling with my love? Are you saying you don't care? Are you gambling with my love While you sit there in that chair? Are you gonna gamble Are you gonna gamble Gamblin' with my love? I say girl, I got backers I've got money people waiting for this stuff I've got a theater off Broadway convinced One act ain't gonna be enough I said I'm starting to roll with this dialogue I'm getting inside Pete Rose's head I say he can taste the Hall of Fame She says don't you want to taste me instead? I say girl, do you understand how with four thousand hits A man could still feel emptiness? And I have Pete say Commissioner, what've you got in your hand? And he says can't you guess? Pete says if I was a betting man I'd say you were trying to bluff me to my face Commissioner says too bad you ain't as good playing the odds As you are playing second base Ooh, ooh Gamblin' with my love So she says well, what does Mrs. Rose have to say about all this? I say I don't know, I haven't thought about Mrs. Rose And I lean over and give Martha a kiss She says you've got two guys in a hotel room No other characters or special effects? I say there's plenty of drama there She says three acts, no s**? She says there is a Mrs. Rose, though, yeah? I say yeah, there is, I suppose She says what's their chemistry? What are her specifics? Does she have a wig? Does she wear support hose? I say baby, you're wearing me out I need a break What do you say we turn down the bed She looks at me, she rolls her eyes Grabs my pen and says Are you gambling with my love? Are you saying you don't care? Are you gambling with my love While you sit there in that chair? Are you gonna gamble Are you gonna gamble Gamblin' with my love So now it goes like this Pete Rose and Giamatti in a hotel room Mrs. Rose bursts in and says Damn it, Pete, I carried your children in my womb She says Mr. Giamatti, you need this man As much as he needs you She says judge not lest ye be judged Turns to Pete and says Are you gambling with my love? Are you saying you don't care? Are you gambling with my love While you sit there in that chair? Are you gonna gamble Are you gonna gamble Gamblin' with my love Are you gambling with my love? Are you saying you don't care? Are you gambling with my love While you sit there in that chair? Are you gonna gamble Are you gonna gamble Gamblin' with my love Ooh, ooh Gamblin' with my love Ooh, ooh Gamblin' with my love