Story Behind The Song

this song was written to be background music in a movie script i'm writing called "I Ain't That Country". the synopsis is this song is playing in a bar where the lead female role is setting up for her performance.

Song Description

this singing cowboy has lived a life of playing in rowdy honky tonks and losing constantly at the tables. miss right comes along and changes his luck around so his cowboy days are finally over.

Lyrics

This ageless singing cowboy has seen some lousy hands
In this wild and rowdy card game that is my way of life
I live in sleezy bar rooms and I just lost another wife
I never get that one big break, I remain a one man band
When every night is over I'm a tired and lonely man

I've lost my share of hands for sure, but a couple nights ago
You sat in at my table, asked my name like you wanted to know
You ordered me up a drink and that whiskey tasted fine
You turned my luck around that night, just in the nick of time
Both my guitar and my card game were in a state of decline

I sense a resurrection in this drinking gambling tired and lonely game
It never seemed like I was wrong, but I sure got all the blame

(Chorus)
Dealer won't you deal me a decent hand this time
Both one-eyed jacks and a pair of deuces and that pot will all be mine
I'm really tired of waiting to be dealt a winning hand
Losing everything tonight ain't exactly what I planned

Some one-eyed jacks and deuces and you by my side
Was a winning combination of drinking, cards, and pride
Now I walk out on my own through the bar's front door
No bouncers called to toss me out like all the times before
Some one-eyed jacks and deuces wild and I don't have to be a cowboy anymore

Some one-eyed jacks and deuces and I don't have to be a cowboy anymore
All I need is her and Uncle Jack, no more losing like before

(Chorus)
Oh, dealer won't you deal me a decent hand this time
Both one-eyed jacks and a pair of deuces and the pot will all be mine
I'm really tired of waiting to be dealt a winning hand
Losing everything tonight ain't exactly what I planned

Some one-eyed jacks and deuces
Some one-eyed jacks and deuces
Some one-eyed jacks and deuces and I don't have to be a cowboy anymore

ah, yeah
Giddee-up!