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