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XII. The Devil Plays Poker

Card Player:
It's a dead man's hand: eights, aces, and spades
A loaded gun pointed dead in your face
A lonely visitor to a lonely grave
The last stop before you're the blind man's slave

Dark sunglasses on a hold 'em dealer
Round about the table's only liars and cheaters
The spirit's getting lower, and the blinds are getting higher
And the card kings' smiles just keep getting wider

I'm down and out
So deal me in
All that I got left
Is the grave or the flame

A warm smile spreads across the hangman's face
A grin of false teeth with a poisonous taste
The scars on the palms of his up-turned hands
Can never cover up his sins

I'm down and out
So deal me in
All that I got left
Is the grave or the flame
I'm lost and lonely
So deal me in
All that I got left
Is a poker face

I feel my head getting lighter
My body's gettin weaker
These shaky little fingers
Can barely hold this hand
I'm losing it all
To dark sunglasses
On seven different shades
Of shady men

I'm down and out
So deal me in
All that I got left
Is the grave or the flame
I'm lost and lonely
So deal me in
All that I got left
Is a poker face
I'm down and out
So deal me in
All that I got left
Is aces and spades!

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from The Devil Plays Poker Original Cast Recording, released January 31, 2014

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Christoph Whitbeck is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in New York City.

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