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