Clash - The Card Cheat lyrics

(strummer/jones)<br><br>There's a solitary man crying, hold me.<br>It's only because he's a-lonely<br>If the keeper of time runs slowly<br>He won't be alive for long!<br><br>If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned<br>With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? <br>It means nothing!<br><br>To the opium den and the barroom gin<br>In the belmont chair playing violins<br>The gambler's face cracks into a grin<br>As he lays down the king of spades<br><br>But the dealer just stares<br>There's something wrong here, he thinks<br>The gambler is seized and forced to his knees<br>And shot dead<br><br>He only wanted more time<br>Away from the darkest door<br>But his luck it gave in<br>As the dawn light crept in<br>And he lay on the floor<br><br>From the hundred year war to the crimea<br>With a lance and a musket and a roman spear<br>To all of the men who have stood with no fear<br>In the service of the king<br><br>Before you met your fate be sure you<br>Did not forsake your lover<br>May not be around anymore