Ace of Hearts
The cards hit the table All faces showing hearts I know this isn't a game I should play But there isn't another I know I might win I gamble away my years Shuffling the deck As if it might somehow turn out another way I have yet to draw an Ace Each time my hopes dashed By moves Hands I never see coming I'm so deep at this table That my mind thinks of nothing else And my legs refuse to carry me away So instead I start the next bottle In hopes I win Or I drink myself into an early grave