Well, if you're gonna play cards baby

Well, don't you know you got to deal sometime

Well, if you're gonna play cards baby

Well, don't you know you got to deal sometime

Well, listen to me baby

And I'm gonna tell you how I deal mine

The ace is for the first time that I met you

Deuce, that's the second time that there was no one but just us two

Trey, that's the third party and darling, you know his name

Four, that's the fourth time that you tried to play the same old game

Five is for the five years that you used me for a clown

Six, that's the sixth time that you tried to put me down

Well, I'm holding out for the seven, for the seven days in the week

Well, eight, that's the eighth hour when you went out with your sheik

Nine is for the nine years that I worked hard every day

Tenth, that's the tenth of the month when

You came every Friday to collect my pay

Well, the jack, he's your lover and you're using me for gold

Queen, that's you, pretty mama, and you're trying to cut my throat

Well, but the king, that's me, well, and I'm bound to wear my crown

So be careful pretty baby, you ain't dead when the deal goes down

If you're gonna play cards baby

Well well well, don't you know you got to deal sometime

Well, listen to me baby

That you ain't dead when the deal goes down