Tongues Of Fire Lyrics

You had ten of clubs with a jack and queen

That's how it always was

Chasing open ended straights

While I was sitting back just waiting for another three

Fueled then by the turn you'd come out gunning

The dealer just a devil in disguise

And I would cast my bread upon the river

And we'd both look the devil in the eyes

Unaware the stakes were higher

Back when we had tongues of fire

We would talk for hours on the phone

And get a little buzzed

I would drink a beer or two

And you would sell your soul and spend the sum on both of us

While you were playing for the ace of diamonds

I was playing just to stay alive

The devil that you know or the devil that you don't

We both looked the devil in the eyes

Unaware the stakes were higher

Back when we had tongues of fire

Tongues of fire

Streets of gold

Bread of life

Getting old

I can feel it Lord inside my bones

Like a heathen in a missionary home