From the recording Bird of Passage
Lyrics
Same old story, brand new face
Someone new wants to take his place
Says deal me in girl, I’ll shoot the Moon
Watch me win, oh boy don’t assume
It’s the game of hearts, but not for the faint
Kings and queens but none us saints
Do you even know what you’re playing
If you stay you’ll be paying out
They love to fall in love with me
They love to fall in love with me
But when they get in too deep
And the bets get too steep
I’m not the one no they want to keep
So I’m not the one you’ll keep
Cost too much they give me away
I’m afraid to be used, they’re afraid to stay
Nothing to promise except you won’t be bored
They all say I’m what they can’t afford
It’s the game of hearts, but not for the faint
Kings and queens but none us saints
Do you even know what you’re playing
If you stay you’ll be paying out
They love to fall in love with me
They love to fall in love with me
But when they get in too deep
And the bets get too steep
I’m not the one no they want to keep
So I’m not the one you’ll keep
My sister in hearts might be crazy but at least she can hold them
and of Diamonds she shines with a soul golden
And the luckiest one of us, dark robed like me, but unburdened
and humble, all that I could never be, Still
They love to fall in love with me
And I make it so damn easy, oh
But when they get in too deep
And the bets get too steep
I’m not the one no they want to keep
So I’m not the one you’ll keep
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Written and Performed by: Rosalind Prickel
Produced by: Roz Prickel and Caleb Bell-Jones
Recording Engineer: Pat Bonier & Don Strong, Minneapolis, MN
Mastering Engineer: Charis Johnson, Charlotte, NC