Elton John - House Of Cards lyrics

Music by elton john

Lyrics by bernie taupin

Released as a uk b-side in may, 1975

I hear tell some playboy has kidnapped your heart

With his plane and his plans for games after dark

Just a pain in his pocket, and the price of a room

Where the second hand sheets smell of stale perfume

If there's sharks in the water, don't swim where it's deep

For the taste of success can be bitter and sweet

It could be alright that I act like a child

But you'll be the loser when the jokers run wild

You're just playing the game, but the stakes are too high

What will you do when the chips start to fly

When the deck's stacked against you, and the living gets hard

Oh it's four walls of madness in this house of cards

Common you call me, but I know there's time

In a handful of diamonds, a heart's hard to find

And your house of cards starts weighing you down

Your nights become restless when the clubs start to pound