The Card Cheat Lyrics

The song The Card Cheat is performed by The Clash in the album named Clash on Broadway in the year 2004 .



There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me"
It's only because he's lonely
If the keeper of time runs slowly
He won't be alive for long

If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned
With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? It means nothing

Through the opium dens and the barroom gin
In the Belmont chair playing violins
The gambler's face cracks into a grin
As he lays down the king of spades

But the dealer just stares
There's something wrong here, he thinks
The gambler is seized and forced to his knees
And shot dead

He only wanted more time away from the darkest door
But his luck it gave in as the dawn light crept in
And he lay on the floor

From the hundred year war to the Crimea
With a lance and a musket and a Roman spear
To all of the men who have stood with no fear
In the service of the king

Before you met your fate be sure you did not forsake
Your lover may not be around anymore

There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me"
It's only because he's lonely
If the keeper of time runs slowly
He won't be alive for long



The Clash - Clash on Broadway

Jun 2004

  1. Janie Jones (Demo)
  2. Career Opportunities (Demo)
  3. White Riot
  4. 1977
  5. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
  6. Hate & War
  7. What's My Name
  8. Deny
  9. London's Burning
  10. Protex Blue
  11. Police & Thieves
  12. 48 Hours
  13. Cheat
  14. Garageland
  15. Capital Radio One
  16. Complete Control
  17. Clash City Rockers
  18. City Of The Dead
  19. Jail Guitar Doors
  20. The Prisoner
  21. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
  22. Pressure Drop
  23. 1-2 Crush On You
  24. English Civil War
  25. I Fought The Law (Live)
  26. Safe European Home
  27. Tommy Gun
  28. Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad
  29. Stay Free
  30. One Emotion
  31. Groovy Times
  32. Gates Of The West
  33. Armagideon Time
  34. London Calling
  35. Brand New Cadillac
  36. Rudie Can't Fail
  37. The Guns Of Brixton
  38. Spanish Bombs
  39. Lost In The Supermarket
  40. The Right Profile
  41. The Card Cheat
  42. Death Or Glory
  43. Clampdown
  44. Train In Vain
  45. Bankrobber
  46. Police On My Back
  47. The Magnificent Seven
  48. The Leader
  49. The Call Up
  50. Somebody Got Murdered
  51. Washington Bullets
  52. Broadway
  53. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) (Live)
  54. Every Little Bit Hurts
  55. Stop The World
  56. Midnight To Stevens
  57. This Is Radio Clash
  58. Cool Confusion
  59. Red Angel Dragnet
  60. Ghetto Defendant
  61. Rock The Casbah
  62. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
  63. Straight To Hell
  64. The Street Parade

The Card Cheat