The Card Cheat - Remastered

There's a solitary man crying, hold me
 It's only because he's lonely
 And if the keeper of time runs slowly
 He won't be alive for long
 If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned
 With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve?
 It means nothing
 To the opium dens and the barroom gin
 In the Belmont chair, playing violin
 The gambler's face cracks into a grin
 As he lays down the king of spades
 But the dealer just stares
 There's something wrong here, he thinks
 The gambler is seized and forced to his knees
 And shot dead
 He only wanted more time
 Away from the darkest door
 But his luck it gave in as the dawn light crept in
 And he lay on the floor
 From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea
 With a lance and a musket and a Roman spear
 To all of the men who have stood with no fear
 In the service of the King
 Before you met your fate
 Be sure you did not forsake
 Your lover may not be around anymore
 There's a solitary man crying, hold me
 It's only because he's lonely
 And if the keeper of time runs slowly
 He won't be alive for long