The Fortune Queen of New Orleans Was brushing her cat in her black limousine
In the backseat were scratches from a box of men her fortune she had won
Couldn't see through the tinted glass She said, Home James, and he hit the gas
I followed her to some darkened room She took my money, she said, I'll be with you soon
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music till the blue was dawn
Dark Lady played black magic till the clock struck on the twelve
She told me more about me than I knew myself
She dealt two cards, a queen and a three And mumbled some words that were so strange to me
And then she turned up a two-eyed jack My eyes saw red but the cards still stayed black
She said, The man you love is secretly true To someone else who is very close to you
My advice is that you leave this place Never come back and forget you ever saw my face
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music till the blue was dawn
Dark Lady played black magic till the clock struck on the twelve
She told me more about me than I knew myself
So I ran home and crawled in my bed I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said
Then I remembered her strange perfume And how I smelled it was in my own room
So I sneaked back and caught her with my man Laughing and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand
The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor Dark Lady would never turn a card up anymore
Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music till the blue was dawn
Dark Lady played black magic till the clock struck on the twelve