The King of Hearts

from All of the Above (Album 2020) by Hightown Pirates

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Compassion don’t come easy, price of judgment, at an all-time low,
You used to think, you’d grown old before your time had come?
Now, maybe you’re too old, to feel this young?
Still looking for an answer, in a bottle or an empty glass? That road to Hell, paved with such intentions, but you can’t, oh no you can’t, get gold from brass.
‘Cos you’re the King of hearts, with a sword right through your head, your queen of dreams has fled the scene, the joker’s there instead.
Hello, the king of hearts, take the sword out of your head, the queen of dreams, nowhere to be seen, it’s only us instead, we’re living in your head, we’re sleeping in your bed.
It’s four-oh in the morning, you’re too scared to close your eyes, you ain’t got a clue how to live and you, you ain’t got, the faith to die, the faith to die.
Never gonna win this game, up against that loaded pack, shuffle the deck all you want my friend, but you, yes you, you’ll get, the same hand back, the same hand back.
Hello, the king of hearts, with a sword right through your head, the queen of dreams, she fled the scene, the joker’s there instead.
Hello, the king of hearts, take the sword out of your head, your queen of dreams, nowhere to be seen, it’s you and us instead.
We’re living in your head
Sleeping in your bed
We’re living in your head.

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from All of the Above (Album 2020), released May 1, 2020

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