The King Of Hearts

(G.Brooker / K.Reid / M.Noble)

There was trouble in the air

Just a subtle hint of danger

And a woman dressed in black out lookin' for a stranger

Well she took me to her room

Where she offered me a wager

She promised me the moon

So I took a chance

Yes I played the

King of Hearts

Put my cards out on the table

I thought the odds were in my favour

But she laid the

Ace of Spades

An' I wound up where

I started

The King of

Hearts no more

But the King of the

Broken-hearted

She cut the deck one more

By the light of thirteen candles

She said, "the winner takes it all -- Is that too much for you to handle? So I wandered through my playing cards And tried to understand her I was lookin' for a face It was right there in my hand Yes I played the King of Hearts Put my cards out on the table I thought the odds were in my favour But she laid the Ace of Spades An' I wound up where I started The King of Hearts no more But the King of the Broken-hearted