Chapman-Whitney-Tench Sam the man he cut the cards and blinked across the room Trying to cut the smell of smoke and booze and stale perfume He dealt around the final hand knowing he was lost That final game he cried in shame that he'd learnt to count the cost Now maybe we can come to some arrangement Maybe we can come to some arrangement He left the place a broken man, his life a total ruin Not really knowing much of what he was doing Yeah, fell down on the sidewalk, he had some name upon his lips ‘If only I could see her and the kids' Oh, now maybe we can come to some arrangement Yeah, maybe we can come to some arrangement Oh yeah, maybe we can come to some arrangement, oh They took him to a downtown pound, threw him in a cell A drunken heap, he felt so weak as well, well, well well well Come the dawn a note was found, torn and badly spelt From Sam the man who was hanging from his belt Now maybe he can come to some arrangement Well now, maybe he can come to some arrangement Well, now maybe he can come to some arrangement, yeah