The Turn Of A Friendly Card, Pt. 1 Lyrics - Alan Parsons

There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains 

And a wheel in perpetual motion 

And they follow the races and pay out the gains 

With no show of an outward emotion 

And they think it will make their lives easier 

For God knows up till now it's been hard 

But the game never ends when your whole world depends 

On the turn of a friendly card 

No, the game never ends when your whole world depends 

On the turn of a friendly card 

There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west 

Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise 

And not all the King's horses and all the King's men 

Have prevented the fall of the unwise 

For they think it will make their lives easier 

And God knows up till now it's been hard 

But the game never ends when your whole world depends 

On the turn of a friendly card 

No, the game never ends when your whole world depends 

On the turn of a friendly card 

But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine 

As he enters inside the cathedral