If I Lose

(Ralph Stanley)



I never thought I'd need you

But now I find I'm wrong

Come on back, sweet Mama

Back where you belong

I've rambled over town

To find that I can't win

Come on back and pick me up again.



Now if I lose (if I lose)

Let me lose (let me lose)

I don't care (I don't care)

How much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars

While I'm tryin' to win a dime

My baby, she's got money all the time.



--- Instrumental ---



Of all the other gals I've known

There's none to take your place

'Cause when I get into a jam

They just ain't in the race

So now that you're back here

Let's take another round

With you here by my side

Babe, the deal just can't go down.



Now if I lose (if I lose)

Let me lose (let me lose)

I don't care (I don't care)

How much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars

While I'm tryin' to win a dime

My baby, she's got money all the time.



--- Instrumental ---



Now if I lose (if I lose)

Let me lose (let me lose)

I don't care (I don't care)

How much I lose

If I lose a hundred dollars

While I'm tryin' to win a dime

My baby, she's got money all the time...