THE FORTUNE QUEEN
OF NEW ORLEANS
WAS BRUSHING HER CAT
IN HER BLACK LIMOUSINE
ON THE BACKSEAT
WERE SCRATCHES FROM
THE MARKS OF MEN
HER FORTUNE
SHE HAD WON
COULDN'T SEE
THROUGH THE
TINTED GLASS
SHE SAID HOME JAMES
AND HE HIT THE GAS
I FOLLOWED HER
TO SOME
DARKENED ROOM
SHE TOOK MY MONEY
SHE SAID
I'LL BE WITH YOU SOON
DARK LADY
LAUGHED AND DANCED
AND LIT THE CANDLES
ONE BY ONE
DANCED TO HER
GYPSY MUSIC
TILL HER BREW
WAS DONE
DARK LADY
PLAYED BLACK MAGIC
TILL THE CLOCK STRUCK
ON THE TWELVE
SHE TOLD ME
MORE ABOUT ME
THAN I KNEW MYSELF
SHE DEALT TWO CARDS
A QUEEN AND A THREE
AND MUMBLED
SOME WORDS
THAT WERE SO STRANGE
TO ME
AND THEN
SHE TURNED UP
A TWO-EYED JACK
MY EYES SAW RED
BUT THE CARD
STILL SAID BLACK
SHE SAID
THE MAN YOU LOVE
IS SECRETLY TRUE
TO SOMEONE ELSE
WHO IS VERY CLOSE
TO YOU
MY ADVICE
IS THAT YOU LEAVE
THIS PLACE
NEVER COME BACK
AND FORGET
YOU EVER SAW MY FACE
DARK LADY
LAUGHED AND DANCED
AND LIT THE CANDLES
ONE BY ONE
DANCED TO HER
GYPSY MUSIC
TILL HER BREW
WAS DONE
DARK LADY
PLAYED BLACK MAGIC
TILL THE CLOCK STRUCK
ON THE TWELVE
SHE TOLD ME
MORE ABOUT ME
THAN I KNEW MYSELF
SO I RAN HOME
AND CRAWLED
IN MY BED
I COULDN'T SLEEP
BECAUSE OF ALL
THE THINGS SHE SAID
THEN I REMEMBERED
HER STRANGE PERFUME
AND HOW I SMELLED
IT ONCE
IN MY OWN ROOM
SO I SNEAKED BACK
AND CAUGHT HER
WITH MY MAN
LAUGHING AND KISSING
TILL THEY SAW
THE GUN IN MY HAND
THE NEXT THING I KNEW
THEY WERE DEAD
ON THE FLOOR
DARK LADY
WOULD NEVER
TURN A CARD UP
ANYMORE
DARK LADY
LAUGHED AND DANCED
AND LIT THE CANDLES
ONE BY ONE
DANCED TO HER
GYPSY MUSIC
TILL HER BREW
WAS DONE
DARK LADY
PLAYED BLACK MAGIC
TILL THE CLOCK STRUCK
ON THE TWELVE
SHE TOLD ME
MORE ABOUT ME
THAN I KNEW MYSELF