There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains

[tbert]

And a wheel in perpetual motion

And they follow the races and pay out the gains

With no show of an outward emotion




And they think it will make their lives easier

For God knows up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

No the game never ends when your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card




There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west

Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise

And not all the king's horse and all the king's men

Have prevented the fall of the unwise




For they think it will make their lives easier

And God knows up till now it's been hard

But the game never ends when your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

No the game never ends when your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card




But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine

As he enters inside the cathedral...