Song Lyrics Marc Almond - The Gambler    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> M>> Marc Almond Singer Lyrics [Marc Almond other resources]>> The Gambler Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Marc Almond Music Title/Track: The Gambler Theme ID: 7532 Album: N/A On a dark night in a lost hour In a town built from neon and chrome Where las vegas seeks the desert In an old broken down casino There the gambler slapped his money down Dirty dollars one hundred or more Placed his last bet on a poker game Crossed his heart for the winning score But the players at the table Two men of the phantom creed Seemed to play with sombre purpose Than a reason and pure greed And the gambler felt his back freeze And fear brushed his ageing brow For hed seen those men before in his dreams Here they sat before him now And the one smoothed back his black hair With a comb slicked by brylcream and grease Flipped the cards with a flippancy Of a wily and slippery ease With his sharp suit shade of lilac On a shuffle he made the cards sing Gold studs and menthol cigarettes Rubies set in a skull ring And the other of the clergy With a colour and robe of pale ivory Silver grey at the temples And a smile that was stern and was kindly Jack of hearts lead, wait for aces Became faces of family and friends Until the deck showed him a picture Of his life from beginning to end Reverend life he flipped an ace And the gambler felt blood in his heart For he knew this was the game of games He would need all the reverends heart Anger, lust and gluttony The gambler seems hit hard Each failure and each feature Mapped out in the slippery cards Greasy mr.d. flashed a winning grin And stood facing reverend life The reverend paled as he saw the score The gambler felt pain as a knife His troubles, tribulations Revelations and regrets A wife, a child, a fight to trial Turned by the hand of death A Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Two Sailors on The Beach, Unborn Stillborn, Undress Me, Vaudeville Burlesque, Vision, Waifs Strays, We Must Look, We Need Jealousy, What Is Love, What Makes a Man a Man, When Its Your Time, Where Did Our Love Go?, Where The Heart Is, Widow Weeds, Yesterday When I Was Young, You Have, You Only Live Twice, Youll Never See Me on a Sunday, Your Aura, Your Kisses Burn, Youth, As Como Hoy, Asi Como Hoy, Aunque Me Voy, Baby you, Big Machine, Cains Lullaby, Caminar, Celos (in album Libre), Celos Y Envidia, Christmas Auld Lang Syne, Como Ella Me Quiere A M (Shes Been Good To Me), Como Ella Me Quiere A Mi, Como Ella Me Quiere A Mi Shes Been Good To Me, Como Ella Quiere A Mi, Corazom No Llores, Corriente, Da La Vuelta (Turn Around), De La Vuelta, Desde El Principio, Dimelo, Dont Think Im Not, Dont Let Me Leave, Escapeacutemonos, Hasta Que Te Conoc, Here Is Gone, How Could I (Love Kind), I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFETIME LOVING YOU, I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You (English Ve, I Want to Spend My Lifetime to Loving You, Other Marc Almond song Lyrics (your Love Is A) Lesion Lyrics A Love Outgrown Lyrics A Man Lyrics Abel And Cain Lyrics Abel Cain Lyrics Addicted Lyrics Adored Explored Lyrics Almost Dimonds Lyrics Baby Night Eyes Lyrics Barriers Lyrics Betrayed Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Almond Marc Lyrics Anthony Marc Lyrics Marc Anthony Lyrics Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez Lyrics Marc Anthony F/ Jennifer Lopez Lyrics Marc Anthony F/ Jessica Simpson Lyrics Marc Anthony F/ La India Lyrics Marc Bolan Lyrics Marc Bolan and T. Rex Lyrics Marc Broussard Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy