He deals the cards as a meditation

　　And those he plays never suspect

　　He doesn't play for the money he wins

　　He don't play for respect

　　He deals the cards to find the answer

　　The sacred geometry of chance

　　The hidden law of a probable outcome

　　The numbers lead a dance

　　I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

　　I know that the clubs are weapons of war

　　I know that diamonds mean money for this art

　　But that's not the shape of my heart

　　He may play the jack of diamonds

　　He may lay the queen of spades

　　He may conceal a king in his hand

　　While the memory of it fades

　　I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

　　I know that the clubs are weapons of war

　　I know that diamonds mean money for this art

　　But that's not the shape of my heart

　　And if I told you that I loved you

　　You'd maybe think there's something wrong

　　I'm not a man of too many faces

　　The mask I wear is one

　　Well, those who speak know nothin'

　　And find out to their cost

　　Like those who curse their luck in too many places

　　And those who fear are lost

　　I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier

　　I know that the clubs are weapons of war

　　I know that diamonds mean money for this art

　　But that's not the shape of my heart

　　That's not the shape, the shape of my heart

　　That's not the shape, the shape of my heart