《The Gambler》歌词

[00:00:00] The Gambler (赌徒) - Marc Almond

[00:00:04] On a dark night in a lost hour

[00:00:08] In a town built from neon and chrome

[00:00:12] Where Las Vegas seeks the desert

[00:00:16] In an old broken down casino

[00:00:20] There the gambler slapped his money down

[00:00:24] Dirty dollars one hundred or more

[00:00:29] Placed his last bet on a poker game

[00:00:33] Crossed his heart for the winning score

[00:00:39] But the players at the table

[00:00:43] Two men of the phantom creed

[00:00:47] Seemed to play with sombre purpose

[00:00:52] Than a reason and pure greed

[00:00:55] And the gambler felt his back freeze

[00:01:00] And fear brushed his ageing brow

[00:01:04] For he'd seen those men before in his dreams

[00:01:08] Here they sat before him now

[00:01:14] And the one smoothed back his black hair

[00:01:17] With a comb slicked by brylcream and grease

[00:01:20] Flipped the cards with a flippancy

[00:01:23] Of a wily and slippery ease

[00:01:26] With his sharp suit shade of lilac

[00:01:29] On a shuffle he made the cards sing

[00:01:32] Gold studs and menthol cigarettes

[00:01:36] Rubies set in a skull ring

[00:01:39] And the other of the clergy

[00:01:43] With a colour and robe of pale ivory

[00:01:47] Silver grey at the temples

[00:01:51] And a smile that was stern and was kindly

[00:02:04] Jack of hearts lead wait for aces

[00:02:08] Became faces of family and friends

[00:02:12] Until the deck showed him a picture

[00:02:16] Of his life from beginning to end

[00:02:20] Reverend Life he flipped an ace

[00:02:24] And the gambler felt blood in his heart

[00:02:29] For he knew this was the game of games

[00:02:33] He would need all the Reverend's heart

[00:02:39] Anger lust and gluttony

[00:02:41] The gambler seems hit hard

[00:02:45] Each failure and each feature

[00:02:48] Mapped out in the slippery cards

[00:02:51] Greasy Mr D flashed a winning grin

[00:02:54] And stood facing Reverend Life

[00:02:57] The Reverend paled as he saw the score

[00:03:00] The gambler felt pain as a knife

[00:03:03] His troubles tribulations

[00:03:06] Revelations and regrets

[00:03:09] A wife a child a fight to trial

[00:03:12] Turned by the hand of death

[00:03:15] And the gambler saw his hand stained

[00:03:18] With the blood of his family ties

[00:03:20] And with the yellow smile of Mr D

[00:03:24] In his mind he crumples and dies

[00:03:44] And these two great men from different worlds

[00:03:48] Faced each other and shook of hands

[00:03:51] The reverend shrugged "ah well next time"

[00:03:56] And departed for heaven's land

[00:04:00] And the flames leapt and the soul screamed

[00:04:04] And the cards scattered round the room

[00:04:08] And life is always a gamble

[00:04:12] A game from the cradle to tomb

[00:04:16] And the flames leapt and the soul screamed

[00:04:19] And the cards scattered round the room

[00:04:22] And life is always a gamble

[00:04:25] A game from the cradle to tomb

[00:04:28] And the flames leapt and the soul screamed

[00:04:32] And the cards scattered round the room

[00:04:35] And life is always a gamble

[00:04:38] A game from the cradle to tomb