The Gambler Charles Barkley

On a warm winter's evening in a Vegas strip casino,
I met up with a gambler I thought I recognized,
His chips were disappearing, you could tell the end was nearing,
I said, "Aren't you Charles Barkley?", then he looked me in the eyes,

He said, "I'm the round mound of rebound", as the dealer laid the cards down,
I told him that in person he looked really large,
Then he slowly stopped grinning and said, "I'm bound to start winning",
"So add another hundred thousand chips to my charge",

I casually mentioned if he needs an intervention,
Then maybe I could call his friends from TNT,
But he read his beeping pager and said "I'm off to make a wager",
"It's New England in the Super Bowl and that's a guarantee",

Chuck, you better stick to the TV,
With Ernie and Kenny,
Where your predictions won't cost you jack,
Or you'll be stuck in rehearsals,
Doing Fave Five commercials,
Until you make enough to pay the casinos back,

On the very next morning he was standing at the counter,
Looking quite astonished when he got his bill,
What a costly reservation, he could feed a third world nation,
With what he lost the night before, it made him ill,

He said "I know how to fix this, I can roll double sixes",
"If you'll let Sir Charles back inside those doors",
But they failed to believe him and said it's time for leaving,
Before you keep on gambling here and wind up poor,

Chuck, you better stick to the TV,
With Ernie and Kenny,
Where your predictions won't cost you jack,
Or you'll be stuck in rehearsals,
Doing Fave Five commercials,
Until you make enough to pay the casinos back ...