Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts
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Verse 1]
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses You been out riding fences for so long now Oh, you’re a hard one But I know that you’ve got your reasons These things that are pleasing you Can hurt you somehow
[Chorus 1]
Don’t you draw the queen of diamonds, boy She’ll beat you if she’s able Know the queen of hearts is always your best bet Now it seems to me, some fine things Have been laid upon your table But you only want the things that you can’t get
[Verse 2]
Desperado, oh, you aren’t getting any younger Your pain and your hunger, they’re driving you home And freedom, oh freedom Well, that’s just some people talking Your prison is walking Through this world all alone
[Chorus 2]
And don’t your feet get cold in the winter time The sky won’t snow, the sun won’t shine It’s hard to tell the night time from the day You’re losing all your highs and lows Isn’t it funny how the feeling Goes away
[Verse 3]
Desperado, why don’t you come to your senses Come down from your fences, and open the gate It may be raining, but there’s a rainbow above you You better let somebody love you You better let somebody love you You better let somebody love you Before it’s too late
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I can’t believe nobody posted this one yet!
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I wonder how Karen Carpenter would sing this Ace of Spades song? lol
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A card is a card )
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Shape of my Heart -Sting
He deals the cards as a meditation
And those he plays never suspect
He doesn’t play for the money he wins
He doesn’t play for respect
He deals the cards to find the answer
The sacred geometry of chance
The hidden law of a probable outcome
The numbers lead a dance
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that’s not the shape of my heart
He may play the Jack of diamonds
He may lay the Queen of spades
He may conceal a King in his hand
While the memory of it fades
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that’s not the shape of my heart
That’s not the shape, the shape of my heart
And if I told you that I loved you
You’d maybe think there’s something wrong
I’m not a man of too many faces
The mask I wear is one
But those who speak know nothing
And find out to their cost
Like those who curse their luck in too many places
And those who fear are lost
I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this art
But that’s not the shape of my heart
That’s not the shape of my heart
That’s not the shape, the shape of my heart
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Leon Redbone- Mother Queen Of My Heart
I had a home down in Texas
Down where the blue bonnets grew
I had the kindest old mother
How happy we were just we two
Till one day the angels called her
A debt that we all have to pay
She called me close to her bedside
To me these words she did say
Son don’t start drinking and gambling
Promise you’ll always go straight
Ten years have passed since we parted
My promise I’ve broke I must say
I started gambling for pastime
Soon I was just like them all
I bet my clothes and my money
Not thinking that I’d ever fall
One day I bet all my money
Not a thing was left to be seen
All that I needed to break them
Was one card and that was a queen
The cards were dealt round the table
Each man took one from the draw
I drew the one that would beat them
I turned it and here’s what I saw
I saw my mother’s picture
And to me she seemed to say
Son you have broken your promise
So I tossed the cards away
I gave all my winnings to a newsboy
I knew I was wrong from the start
I’ll never forget that promise
To my Mother the queen of my heart
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ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (1980)
I don’t wanna talk
About things we’ve gone through
Though it’s hurting me
Now it’s history
I’ve played all my cards
And that’s what you’ve done too
Nothing more to say
No more ace to play
The winner takes it all
The loser’s standing small
Beside the victory
That’s her destiny
I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I’d be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules
The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear
The winner takes it all (takes it all)
The loser has to fall (has to fall)
It’s simple and it’s plain (it’s so plain)
Why should I complain? (Why complain?)
But tell me, does she kiss
Like I used to kiss you?
Does it feel the same
When she calls your name?
Somewhere deep inside
You must know I miss you
But what can I say?
Rules must be obeyed
The judges will decide (will decide)
The likes of me abide (me abide)
Spectators of the show (of the show)
Always staying low (staying low)
The game is on again (on again)
A lover or a friend (or a friend)
A big thing or a small (big or small)
The winner takes it all (takes it all)
I don’t wanna talk
If it makes you feel sad
And I understand
You’ve come to shake my hand
I apologize
If it makes you feel bad
Seeing me so tense
No self-confidence
But you see
The winner takes it all
The winner takes it all
So the winner takes it all
And the loser has to fall
Throw the dice, cold as ice
Way down here, someone dear
Takes it all, has to fall
And it’s plain, why complain?
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Ha - was listening to some old albums this weekend and this was one of them:
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Great one swampy, not heard this and very appropriate 
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