Play The Ace Songtext / Lyric

Fair haired lady and the suicide king

Kill the brother of the one eyed jack

Two sides of shady as the angels sing

That the jack ain't coming back

Double down hide as the preacher folds

And you sweat right out of your clothes

Aces higher than the suicide king

With a pair right under his nose



Dead pan, poker face, where you lie

The angels sing the same

Hey man, choker taste where you die

Carving out your given name

Drive a spade right through your heart

Or a chance just being alive

Is it murder, right handed, art

Is it real or all contrived

God help you






All bets are taken, this table is closed

While outside they're shaking him out of his clothes

It's a disgrace



Get down on the dead

They been taking over the graveyards

You gotta play the ace

Get down on your head

It's been overriding the good cards

Gotta play the ace



Green-eyed monster got the twinkle right

Got the evil in his eye

One sick as a dog looks a little tight

He can't breathe, he gonna die

As you pound your fist in anger

Words sharper than a blade

But the green-eyed monster is a sure motherfucker

As he plays I tout in spades

God help him



All bets are taken, this table is closed

While outside they're shaking him out of his clothes

It's a mistake



Blame it on the dead

They been taking over the graveyards

Play the ace

Blame it on your head

It's been overriding the good card

Play the ace



See it, raise it, call it, show

In a sinner's room of liars

In the all time hell bound race

And the devil, he's on fire

As the band played on the ace

The ace



See it, raise it, call it, show

The dead sit lifeless in the chair they chose

It's a national disgrace

The green-eyed monster got a real bad dose

As the band played on the ace

Play the ace

Play the ace

Play the ace

Play the ace

Play the ace