Dead Man's Hand (feat. Verneri Pohjola)

Now I'm standing at the start This old dirt road and my ravaged heart Are all that's left, unless I'm dreaming I've come so far, this familiar fear If pain is gold then I'm a millionaire Your sordid theft won't make things even My suit has turned from black to brown I've swam through dust and I've been smacked around The hand of lust does love misleading But these squinting eyes have seen The slow demise and the rise upstream To know the end is near is freedom Muscles ache, I feel old and blind The cowhide's warm but I'm cold in mine The blazing sun is gone, it's freezing A pair of aces and a pair of eights My fate is sealed but I'm prepared to wait Just one more deal before I'm leaving My shoes and hurt both custom made I stare into the face on this rusted blade And don't have much left to believe in Can't feel my skin from behind the scars I raise my head just to find the stars They must be there, I just can't see them I guess there's no use trying to talk What tongues have tied, only eyes resolve These two have seen their share of weeping More moons have passed than I would care to know From when I last knew why and where to go This wounded country won't stop breathing No flying sparks, just a burning fuse No greater loss a man could learn to lose I tried to leave but who was I deceiving Now I'm standing at the start This old dirt road and my ravaged heart Will soon be gone if I'm just dreaming