Deck Of Cards Lyrics - Bill Anderson

When I first heard this song, I was a little boy growing up 

Down in the state of South Carolina 

The song had been written and recorded by a man named 

T. Texas Tyler 

The song in it's original form related to something that 

Happened during the second World War 

Last year, early in 1991, when things were going kinda crazy 

Over on the other side of the world, I remembered this old song 

And I rewrote the first part of it to fit the situation 

The second part of it I left like it's been all of these years 

Because you can't improve upon perfection 

I'd like to dedicate this tonight to all the Veterans 

To their families, their loved ones 

And everybody that loves this country 

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It was a sweltering hot Sunday morning in the Saudi Arabian desert 

And a young soldier sat alone in his tent, deep in thought 

A picture of his wife and children back home in the United States 

Rested on a table nearby 

His mind began to wander across the miles 

Back to other Sunday mornings that seemed so long ago 

Now and so far away, he thought of home 

And he knew that when this day dawned in America 

His family would go to church to pray for his well-being 

And his safe return 

The young soldier reached into his bag and he took out 

A deck of playing cards 

He began to spread them out across his bunk 

About that time, one of his buddies came by and said 

"You gonna get up a game?", "No," the soldier replied 

"I'm gonna spend a little quiet time with the Lord" 

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"Looks like to me you're playing cards," his friend said 

"No, you see, I don't have my Bible and since we can't 

Display our religion in public, here, I brought along this deck 

Of cards" and with that, the young boy started his story 

You see when I look at the Ace, It reminded me 

That there is but one God and the Deuce reminds me that 

The Bible is divided into two parts 

The Old and the New Testaments 

When I look at the Trey, I think of the Father, the Son 

And the Holy Ghost 

When I see the Four, I'm reminded of the four Evangelists 

Who preached the Gospel 

There was Matthew, Mark, Luke and John 

And when I see the Five, I think of the five wise virgins 

Who trimmed their lamps, there were ten of them 

Five were wise and were saved, five were foolish and were shut out 

And when I look at the Six, I'm reminded that in six days 

God made this great heaven and earth 

The Seven reminds me that on the seventh day 

God rested from His great work 

When I see the Eight, I think of the eight righteous persons 

God saved when He destroyed this old world 

There was Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives 

And when I look at the Nine, I think of the lepers 

Our Saviour cleansed 

And nine out of the ten, didn't even thank Him 

And when I see the Ten, I think of the Ten Commandments 

God handed down to Moses on the table of stone 

When I look at the King 

It reminds me that there is but one King of Heaven 

God Almighty 

The Queen reminds me of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

Queen of Heaven and the Jack or Knave is the Devil 

When I count the number of spots on a deck of cards 

I find 365, the number of days in a year 

There's 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year 

There's 4 suits, the number of weeks in a month 

There's 12 picture cards, the number of months in a year 

There's 13 tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter 

So you see, my friend 

This deck of cards serves me as a Bible 

As an Almanac and as a Prayer Book 

And friends, this story is true 

I know because I know that soldier