The Queen of Spades in Exile

I picked the Queen of Spades up off the street
And put her in my wallet just like that
Her house of cards fallen Jack in retreat
Her cardboard King lost impotent and flat

She lives in exile now rescued by one
Who understands her secret after all
And here with me her new life has begun
With one who knows what it feels like to fall

I think it must mean something that I found
Then lifted from dishonor and disgrace
The Queen of Spades there face up on the ground
The only game of cards I ever won

I hoped she brought me luck but maybe I
Who understand the anguish in her face
Am meant to change her life before we die
When all the loss of her winning is done

The sort of woman I could live with now
The only woman who would live with me
Here in my back pocket feels right somehow
But when the time comes I will set her free

I picked the Queen of Spades up off the street
Understanding her secret after all
I put her in my wallet just like that
Because I know what it feels like to fall

+Steven Curtis Lance



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