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The Queen of Hearts

A father and daughter play cards by candlelight, and the old accusation hides the old love.

Crooner tender late-night nostalgia English

Duration: 2:58
Last aired: Today, 05:09
Played: 60 times

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Lyrics

Verse

The candle flame is thin and low
On the basement kitchen chair I lean
She holds a queen of hearts worn gray
Her thumb rubs where the ink once gleamed

Chorus

And I say she palmed that card again
The way she did before the war
She just laughs and deals another hand
In the queen of hearts I see my daughter still

Verse

The crack up in the ceiling rusts
Like a river on a lost old map
We play rummy by this single light
Her fingers move like they never left

Chorus

And I say she palmed that card again
The way she did before the war
She just laughs and deals another hand
In the queen of hearts I see my daughter still

Bridge

[falsetto]The candle gutters to a wisp of smoke
And dark fills up the kitchen whole
[spoken word]She says in the quiet: "I remember your laugh"
And I know that was the cheating all along

Chorus

And I say she palmed that card again
The way she did before the war
She just laughs and deals another hand
In the queen of hearts I see my daughter still