The Clash - The Card Cheat (Remastered)

[00:28.40] There's a solitary man cryin', "hold me!"

[00:31.88] It's only because he's a-lonely

[00:34.87] And if the keeper of time runs slowly

[00:38.62] He won't be alive for long

[00:42.38] If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned

[00:48.38] With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve?

[00:51.87] It means nothing

[00:55.38] To the opium dens and the barroom gin

[00:58.37] In the Belmont chair playing violin

[01:02.38] The gambler's face cracks into a grin

[01:05.37] As he lays down the king of spades

[01:08.62] But the dealer just stares

[01:10.88] "There's something wrong here", he thinks

[01:15.63] The gambler is seized and forced to his knees

[01:18.63] And shot dead

[01:34.88] He only wanted more time

[01:38.12] Away from the darkest door

[01:41.88] But his luck it gave in

[01:43.63] As the dawn light crept in

[01:45.62] And he lay on the floor

[01:48.88] From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea

[01:52.37] With a lance and a musket and a Roman spear

[01:55.62] To all of the men who have stood with no fear

[01:58.87] In the service of the King

[02:02.38] Before you met your fate

[02:04.63] Be sure you did not forsake

[02:08.62] Your lover may not be around anymore

[02:41.51] There's a solitary man cryin', "hold me!"

[02:45.26] It's only because he's a-lonely

[02:48.01] And if the keeper of time runs slowly

[02:52.02] He won't be alive for long