House of Cards                       © L. Dunn ‘93

                           Verse                                    
                           Drivin’ back the long way home                                     
                                      On a summer’s night down river road                                            
Drove past the club where we first met
It was one of these nights I’ll never forget
                           Verse                                    
                                        She had long black hair and dark brown eyes                                              
                                    Her words came sweet as pecan pie                                               
Ahhh, how she would dance when I would sing
We’d roll till noon’s meridian
                         Chorus                                 
Now a cold rain is blowin’ hard bearin’ down
On a house of cards
   Walls now are tumblin’ down that surround
A house of cards
                         Verse                                    
                                     Hands of gold that hold great worth                                               
                                  Rocked this sheltered girl since birth                                               
                                      She was cut from a different cloth than I was                                              
Daddy’s girl ran home when the goin’ got rough
                         Chorus                                 
                       Bridge                                  
                                   On a thread through the eye of a needle I bend                                           
                          Back to the well to drink again                                        
                                      But the well’s run dry come to an end                                            
                                   I’ll make a bet this hand’s not gonna win                                     
I’m gone, this house of cards is cavin’ in
                          Verse                                    
                               Down McKinley and left on Vine                                    
                                     Stands the house we shared when she was mine                                          
                                      If those walls could talk the rooms would smile                                           
About Kings and Queens high Jokers wild
                          Chorus