Aces Up Your Sleeve

You moved up close, you said my name

You said you'd really like to play my game

You ate mine and sipped my gin

You took my cards and you dealt me in

I was told some things I should not be dealing

You got aces up your sleeve

Forget the night that I had planned

Was really hard when you dealt my hand

I had to bet, I could not bluff

You had to know 'cause you saw my stuff

I was young and girl, I was so naive, yeah

You had aces up your sleeve

Was it the cards, girl? Was it the booze?

I bet it hard, I could not lose

You double-dealed, you shuffled fast

I couldn't see another Jack go past

I was told some things I should not believe, yeah

You had aces up your sleeve

You're dealing diamonds, you're breaking hearts, girl

You stopped the game when the loving stopped

I was your Joker 'til the break of dawn

I looked up from my cards and you were gone

I was young and girl, I was so naive, yeah

You had aces up your sleeve

You moved up close, said my name

Said you'd really like to play my game