Clash The The Card Cheat Lyrics

The Card Cheat Lyrics

(strummer/jones)

 

 There's a solitary man crying, "hold me."

 It's only because he's a-lonely

 If the keeper of time runs slowly

 He won't be alive for long!

 

 If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned

 With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve?

 It means nothing!

 

 To the opium den and the barroom gin

 In the belmont chair playing violins

 The gambler's face cracks into a grin

 As he lays down the king of spades

 

 But the dealer just stares

 There's something wrong here, he thinks

 The gambler is seized and forced to his knees

 And shot dead

 

 He only wanted more time

 Away from the darkest door

 But his luck it gave in

 As the dawn light crept in

 And he lay on the floor

 

 From the hundred year war to the crimea

 With a lance and a musket and a roman spear

 To all of the men who have stood with no fear

 In the service of the king

 

 Before you met your fate be sure you

 Did not forsake your lover

 May not be around anymore