《The Gambler》歌词

歌曲： The Gambler

所属专辑：Treasure Box

歌手： Marc Almond

时长： 05:27

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The Gambler (赌徒) - Marc Almond[00:00:00]

On a dark night in a lost hour[00:00:04]

In a town built from neon and chrome[00:00:08]

Where Las Vegas seeks the desert[00:00:12]

In an old broken down casino[00:00:16]

There the gambler slapped his money down[00:00:20]

Dirty dollars one hundred or more[00:00:24]

Placed his last bet on a poker game[00:00:29]

Crossed his heart for the winning score[00:00:33]

But the players at the table[00:00:39]

Two men of the phantom creed[00:00:43]

Seemed to play with sombre purpose[00:00:47]

Than a reason and pure greed[00:00:52]

And the gambler felt his back freeze[00:00:55]

And fear brushed his ageing brow[00:01:00]

For he'd seen those men before in his dreams[00:01:04]

Here they sat before him now[00:01:08]

And the one smoothed back his black hair[00:01:14]

With a comb slicked by brylcream and grease[00:01:17]

Flipped the cards with a flippancy[00:01:20]

Of a wily and slippery ease[00:01:23]

With his sharp suit shade of lilac[00:01:26]

On a shuffle he made the cards sing[00:01:29]

Gold studs and menthol cigarettes[00:01:32]

Rubies set in a skull ring[00:01:36]

And the other of the clergy[00:01:39]

With a colour and robe of pale ivory[00:01:43]

Silver grey at the temples[00:01:47]

And a smile that was stern and was kindly[00:01:51]

Jack of hearts lead wait for aces[00:02:04]

Became faces of family and friends[00:02:08]

Until the deck showed him a picture[00:02:12]

Of his life from beginning to end[00:02:16]

Reverend Life he flipped an ace[00:02:20]

And the gambler felt blood in his heart[00:02:24]

For he knew this was the game of games[00:02:29]

He would need all the Reverend's heart[00:02:33]

Anger lust and gluttony[00:02:39]

The gambler seems hit hard[00:02:41]

Each failure and each feature[00:02:45]

Mapped out in the slippery cards[00:02:48]

Greasy Mr D flashed a winning grin[00:02:51]

And stood facing Reverend Life[00:02:54]

The Reverend paled as he saw the score[00:02:57]

The gambler felt pain as a knife[00:03:00]

His troubles tribulations[00:03:03]

Revelations and regrets[00:03:06]

A wife a child a fight to trial[00:03:09]

Turned by the hand of death[00:03:12]

And the gambler saw his hand stained[00:03:15]

With the blood of his family ties[00:03:18]

And with the yellow smile of Mr D [00:03:20]

In his mind he crumples and dies[00:03:24]

And these two great men from different worlds[00:03:44]

Faced each other and shook of hands[00:03:48]

The reverend shrugged "ah well next time"[00:03:51]

And departed for heaven's land[00:03:56]

And the flames leapt and the soul screamed[00:04:00]

And the cards scattered round the room[00:04:04]

And life is always a gamble[00:04:08]

A game from the cradle to tomb[00:04:12]

And the flames leapt and the soul screamed[00:04:16]

And the cards scattered round the room[00:04:19]

And life is always a gamble[00:04:22]

A game from the cradle to tomb[00:04:25]

And the flames leapt and the soul screamed[00:04:28]

And the cards scattered round the room[00:04:32]

And life is always a gamble[00:04:35]

A game from the cradle to tomb[00:04:38]