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                         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

                                    That surround a house of cards

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

Solos

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                         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

                                    That surround a house of cards