Bill Anderson

Bill Anderson - Deck Of Cards lyrics

When I first heard this song, I was a little boy growing up

down in the state of South Carolina. The song had been

written and recorded by a man named T. Texas Tyler.

The song in it's original form related to something that

happened during the second World War. Last year, early in

1991, when things were going kinda crazy over on the other

side of the world, I remembered this old song. And I rewrote

the first part of it to fit the situation. The second part of it I

left like it's been all of these years, because you can't

improve upon perfection. I'd like to dedicate this tonight to all

the Veterans, to their families, their loved ones and

everybody that loves this country.

It was a sweltering hot Sunday morning in the Saudia Arabian

desert and a young soldier sat alone in his tent, deep in

thought. A picture of his wife and children back home in the

United States, rested on a table nearby. His mind began to

wander across the miles, back to other Sunday mornings,

that seemed so long ago, now, and so far away. He thought

of home and he knew that when this day dawned in America,

his family would go to church, to pray for his well-being and

his safe return. The young soldier reached into his bag and he

took out a deck of playing cards. He began to spread them

out across his bunk. About that time, one of his buddies came

by and said, "You gonna get up a game?" "No," the soldier

replied, "I'm gonna spend a little quiet time with the

Lord." "Looks like to me you're playing cards." his friend

said. "No, you see, I don't have my Bible and since we can't

display our religion in public, here, I brought along this deck

of cards." And with that, the young boy started his story.

"You see, when I look at the Ace, It reminded me that there

is but one God; and the Deuce reminds me that the Bible is

divided into two parts. The Old and the New Testaments.

When I look at the Trey, I think of the Father, the Son, and

the Holy Ghost. When I see the Four, I'm reminded of the

four Evangelists, who preached the Gospel. There was

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. And when I see the Five, I

think of the five wise virgins who trimmed their lamps. There

were ten of them, five were wise and were saved. Five were

foolish and were shut out. And when I look at the Six, I'm

reminded that in six days, God made this great heaven and

earth. The Seven reminds me that on the seventh day, God

rested from His great work. When I see the Eight, I think of

the eight righteous persons God saved when He destroyed

this old world. There was Noah, his wife, their three sons and

their wives. And when I look at the Nine, I think of the lepers

our Saviour cleansed. And nine out of the ten, didn't even

thank Him. And when I see the Ten, I think of the Ten

Commandments God handed down to Moses on the table of

stone. When I look at the King, it reminds me that there is but

one King of Heaven, God Almighty. The Queen reminds me of

the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Heaven. And the Jack, or

Knave is the Devil.

When I count the number of spots on a deck of cards,

I find 365 - the number of days in a year;

There's 52 cards - the number of weeks in a year;

There's 4 suits - the number of weeks in a month;

There's 12 picture cards - the number of months in a year;

There's 13 tricks - the number of weeks in a quarter.

So you see, my friend, this deck of cards serves me as a

Bible, as an Almanac and as a Prayer Book."

"And friends, this story is true,

I know, because I know that soldier."...

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