Cast Iron Heart
They called him Jack of Diamonds
A handsome two-faced knave
He left a trail of broken hearts
And good men in their grave
One day he'd be a preacher
The next a rich man's son
He'd steal from the collection plate
And light out on the run
He had a cast iron heart
He met his match in Galveston
A dark haired gal called Bill
She caught him in her steely eyes
Made him bend against his will
She called him out for what he was
A four flusher on the lam
She started running cons with him
And she didn't give a damn
She saw his cast iron heart
The truth it was not in him
She searched him through and through
There was no beating heart between his necktie and his shoes
He'd look you in the eye and say
A cloudless sky was gray
Lies drifted from his lips like smoke
The games they ran were risky
They lived high on the hog
They had to be alert
To stay a step beyond the law
Their luck ran out in Abilene
She couldn't get away
Through prison bars she watched him
Run to steal another day
He had a cast iron heart
Deceit flowed in his arteries
Larceny through his veins
He wouldn't spend his stolen cash
To post his lover's bail
Left in jail she strategized
On ways to make him pay
She wove a scheme of cold revenge
To make him rue the day
He had a cast iron heart
The truth it was not in him
She searched him through and through
There was no beating heart between his necktie and his shoes
He'd look you in the eye and say
A cloudless sky was gray
Lies drifted from his lips like smoke
Ten years on, his memory gone
She saw him in Ft Worth
His ragged clothes were faded
His name written on his shirt
She thought about her plan
To make him pay for all her hurt
But left him to his own design
And put a pistol in her skirt
She had a cold iron heart
The truth it was not in him
She searched him through and through
There was no beating heart between his necktie and his shoes
He'd look you in the eye and say
A cloudless sky was gray
Lies drifted from his lips like smoke
They called him Jack of Diamonds
A handsome two-faced knave
He left a trail of broken hearts
And good men in their grave
He had a cast iron heart
He had a cast iron heart
He had a cast iron heart
A handsome two-faced knave
He left a trail of broken hearts
And good men in their grave
One day he'd be a preacher
The next a rich man's son
He'd steal from the collection plate
And light out on the run
He had a cast iron heart
He met his match in Galveston
A dark haired gal called Bill
She caught him in her steely eyes
Made him bend against his will
She called him out for what he was
A four flusher on the lam
She started running cons with him
And she didn't give a damn
She saw his cast iron heart
The truth it was not in him
She searched him through and through
There was no beating heart between his necktie and his shoes
He'd look you in the eye and say
A cloudless sky was gray
Lies drifted from his lips like smoke
The games they ran were risky
They lived high on the hog
They had to be alert
To stay a step beyond the law
Their luck ran out in Abilene
She couldn't get away
Through prison bars she watched him
Run to steal another day
He had a cast iron heart
Deceit flowed in his arteries
Larceny through his veins
He wouldn't spend his stolen cash
To post his lover's bail
Left in jail she strategized
On ways to make him pay
She wove a scheme of cold revenge
To make him rue the day
He had a cast iron heart
The truth it was not in him
She searched him through and through
There was no beating heart between his necktie and his shoes
He'd look you in the eye and say
A cloudless sky was gray
Lies drifted from his lips like smoke
Ten years on, his memory gone
She saw him in Ft Worth
His ragged clothes were faded
His name written on his shirt
She thought about her plan
To make him pay for all her hurt
But left him to his own design
And put a pistol in her skirt
She had a cold iron heart
The truth it was not in him
She searched him through and through
There was no beating heart between his necktie and his shoes
He'd look you in the eye and say
A cloudless sky was gray
Lies drifted from his lips like smoke
They called him Jack of Diamonds
A handsome two-faced knave
He left a trail of broken hearts
And good men in their grave
He had a cast iron heart
He had a cast iron heart
He had a cast iron heart
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