I hear a tale 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 your right that I act like a child
But you'll be the loser when the...
The jokers run wild
You're just playing the game, but the stakes are too high
What will you do when the jigs start to fly?
When the deck's stacked against you and the living gets hard
Oh, it's a ball one, the madness in this house of cards
Come on, you call me, but I know there's time
In a handful of diamonds, oh, a heart's hard to find
And your house of cards starts weighing you down
Oh, your nights become restless when the clubs start to pound
You're just playing the game, but the stakes are too high
What will you do when the jigs start to fly?
When the deck's stacked against you and the living gets hard
Oh, it's a ball one, the madness in this house of cards
You're just playing the game, but the stakes are too high
What will you do when the jigs start to fly?
When the deck's stacked against you and the living gets hard
Oh, it's a ball one, the madness in this house of cards
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