John Mellencamp - Simply a One-Eyed Jack lyrics

The Gypsy King is dealing his cards From the bottom of the deck Hasn't won a hand, leastways not as yet The table's getting angry Some have folded up their cards Others keep on betting Even though they know they're playing a loser's game Looking for the one-eyed Jack Salome is frying chicken And the smell of grease is filling up the room John the Baptist, well he's left the game too soon Salome has a frying pan in her hand She'd like to take out the kind of man That everyone is watching as she's going after The one-eyed Jack Some people want to party Others are trying to leave Some are telling stories That are just impossible to believe The long day's journey is turning into night Salome looks crazy and she's higher than a kite No one is in favor Of the one-eyed Jack Money and power is the name of the game It started out as Spit In The Ocean But things have rapidly changed It will never go back to the way it used to be Nature deals with no one, what's the cause So many eyes will not see It's the one-eyed Jack I'd like to go somewhere safe Watch the world as it changes And become a folk singer Sing a song that stops corruption and pain But there's no reason for that now We're a long way somehow We'd better make a move or become the victim of That lying one-eyed Jack