52 Cards by Dawson Cowals

Don't Look Back by Dawson Cowals

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52 Cards
by Dawson Cowals

Album: Don't Look Back

52 cards in this deck
Once again you forget
Forgive that I've broken your heart
King of hearts
Just look at this house my hands built
Without you the table tilts
My cards spill onto the floor

I was intrigued by the game
At first the pot looked so inviting
So I drew up a chair
'Cross from Death and Despair
And I said "deal me in"
But this old life of sin
Surely had it in for me
With the paltry pair I was dealt
Not enough to win
'Gainst Death's Full House

So I looked for a way out
But the ante was my life
And I had lost the chance
To leave this table alive
Until you stepped in
Traded my losing hand for one
Full of Royal Crowns
And then you took my seat
I could scarce believe
That someone would speak for my debt
As I was in way over my head

52 shards, my heart's clubbed into
52 cards you pick up then you
Clean up the scattered mess
Of my life on this floor
39 cracks of the whip
39 means one suit's missed
But you didn't miss my cry for help
For I was lost until you found me
Called me by name
You cancelled my debt
So I could leave this game
With my soul intact
Walk out that door
And never, never look back