Dead Mans Hand

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Kind of a weird one I made up sitting by a pool a few days ago with a bun. For those who dont know, a dead mans hand was the hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot playing poker in the late 1800's (two 8's, two aces, and some say a queen)

Mike Bender

Just getting back into this after a long hiatus. I purchased a used Korg d16 - 16 track recorder around the Fall of 2009 for $ 100.00 and I haven't touched a recorder in nearly 25 years. That was in the 1980's with a Tascam Porta 01-4 track. Things have come a long ways. The guitars and music equipment came out of a long hibernation soon after.

Song Info

Genre

Blues • Blues Rock

Charts

Peak #240

Peak in subgenre #86

Uploaded

September 17, 2012

Track Files

MP3

MP3 5.7 MB • 128 kbps • 6:16

Lyrics

Lyrics:

Twas a meeting on a friday on the 13th day in June
A table and two chairs beneath a full moon
Dont know where he came from, the man with red eyes
It was A game that would become the start of my demise

The stakes were high beneath the sky, no limits on the bets
They say he aint been beaten, but he aint played me yet.
"Deal the hand my friend", he said with a snied
The Devil has no friends and you aint no friend of mine.

The man anted his pool. He said, "I dont play fair"
"We play by house rules and you are a stranger in my lair"
"Just deal the hand old man" I said. "Deal it straight away"
Those words would come to haunt me on that fateful day

Two aces and two eights I can hit a full house.
A queen is no lady when she sits in the Devils house
"Hit me with another" I said. Its time to make a stand
To my surprise before my eyes behold a dead mans hand

You pay the price for your debts
When its time to collect
You pay the price for your debts
When its time to collect

Its time to reap what you sow, you played a hefty debt
The sweat on your face shows and its time to collect
Cant turn your back on what you owe, you wont make it out alive
Its time for you to go I have another game at five

When you bet hand, here is my advice to you
You cant beat a man who wears the Devils shoes
When the time is right, then you will understand
When you bet your life on a game of Dead Mans Hand.

Chorus:
You may fill your heart with love
You may empty out your soul
You may live your life Above
Or serve your time down Below

The hand from your deck
May not be what you expect
When you take your last breath
Then its time to collect

When you place your bets
In a game of life or death
Dont play with neglect
There is no room to guess

When the time to clear your desk
Reveals the secrets in your chest
The wicked never rests
When its time to collect

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