The Card Cheat Lyrics - London Calling - The Clash

There's a solitary man crying, hold me 

It's only because he's lonely 

And if the keeper of time runs slowly 

He won't be alive for long 

If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned 

With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? 

It means nothing 

To the opium dens and the barroom gin 

In the Belmont chair, playing violin 

The gambler's face cracks into a grin 

As he lays down the king of spades 

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But the dealer just stares 

There's something wrong here, he thinks 

The gambler is seized and forced to his knees 

And shot dead 

He only wanted more time 

Away from the darkest door 

But his luck it gave in as the dawn light crept in 

And he lay on the floor 

From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea 

With a lance and a musket and a Roman spear 

To all of the men who have stood with no fear 

In the service of the King 

Before you met your fate 

Be sure you did not forsake 

Your lover may not be around anymore 

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There's a solitary man crying, hold me 

It's only because he's lonely 

And if the keeper of time runs slowly 

He won't be alive for long