The Jokers Hand (feat. Allan Taylor)

I can't prove from then on On a road to who knows where Where they keep guitar and crazy dreams I didn't ever care I bust my way across you Made me sing in the street cafés I sleep anywhere, I could lay my head I move on through the days From a downtown bars, brothels 'Til the red lights vanished in them Sold my soul to late night drinkers No one gave a damn Singing overdose, loving came for free Times were tough but I toughed it out The girls took pity on me The road is straight and the road is true It'll break you if it can Don't try to understand Fate can play the joker's hand Hmm-hmm-hmm Hmm-hmm-hmm I learned it in a handbook Somewhere on the river bond I went to bought a jacket out And that's when I met the man He was singing from the corner And playing a low guitar That's when I started thinking "What you're doing in this lousy bar?" Come on, take a lot of sun Sit with me a while I can see it in your tired eyes You've been traveling many a mile Stay away from these low life bars It's not where you wanna be You can't get back when you get this low I'll give you that for free The road is straight and the road is true It'll break you if it can Don't try to understand Fate can play the joker's hand Hmm-hmm-hmm Hmm-hmm-hmm I left him sitting in the bar and I found a place to stay I guess I learned a lesson from what he had to say And sometimes when I think of him, his voice comes ringing through And everything he said to me turned out to be true The road is straight and the road is true It'll break you if it can Don't try to understand Oh, the road is straight and the road is true It'll break you if it can Don't try to understand Fate can play the joker's hand Fate can play the joker's hand