The card player (unplugged)

I'm a card player that's my trade
I'm only as good as the last dollar I made
And the syndicate they lay their bets on me
And one thing they hate is being out of the money
Well last night the stakes ran high
My luck ran low and now I owe

Driver hit the fast lane
I need to make it to the fast train
I got to get out of this town
Because they know I've let them down

I'm gonna make it to the mountain
Where a man can be forgotten
Lay low rest my mind
Forget what I left behind
Get a job work with my hands
Find a house a piece of a land

Driver hit the fast lane
I need to be on that last train
I've gotta get out of this town
Before they can track me down

At the station they had their man
Well I ran then things got out of hand
To his partner the police officer he said
One man running one man shot dead
When the devil and I finally meet
He'll laugh and raise the stakes on me

Mama I'm out of this game
They can keep my losses and all of my gains
Forgive me cos I'm going down
To the darkness where you can't be found