Inside Straight Lyrics

Stand back and tell me how it feels

Look at the cards

Question the deal

This hand was dealt in black and white

I anted in

I lost my sight

I smoked a cheap cigar last Tuesday

You sat and waited by the phone

I can't believe the things that you say

When I always wander home alone

I'm still missing one card in this hand

An inside straight

Not what I planned

The dealer throws a silent glance

Upon your breasts

A circumstance

You act as if he's drawn a card

The waitress laughs

Says life is hard

My palms are sweating like a beer can

Fresh from the ice in the august sun

If there's a God

Then I'll draw the thin man

Before he notices what he's done

I'm still missing one card in this hand

An inside straight

Not what I planned

The queen of hearts sits at my right

She just arrived

She'll stay all night

She says I've seen you here before

Up on the stage

Or on the floor

I tell her she must be mistaken

You tie a noose around my throat

And all the while my heart is aching

As the bouncer passes me a note

I'm still missing one card in this hand

An inside straight

Not what I planned

Stand back and tell me what to do

Stay in the game

Or leave with you

A lifetimes wages on the line

I call the bet

And check the time

It's twenty seconds after midnight

The moon is rising life is tough

I hear the echo of tomorrow

Dealing the cards as it calls my bluff

It's an ace of clubs and now I can't stand

I walk away

Not what I planned

An inside straight

Not what I planned

My palms are sweating like a beer can

Fresh from the ice in the August sun

If there's a God then I'll draw the thin man

Before he notices what he's done

It's an ace of clubs and now I can't stand

I walk away

Not what I planned

An inside straight

Not what I planned