Skipjack - Colin Lake



     
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Skipjack Lyrics


I keep my hand hidden from view
A poker face is what's called for with you
I hold my cards tight to my chest
Just one misjudged look, and you'll guess the rest
(Cathy's part:)
Look in the glass, reflections of me
My cards lade bare on the table to see
(Amelia's part:)
(Look, can't you see me? Acting cool, when
Really I'm scared, that this game's unfair)
(Cathy's part:)
My cheating eyes are all that you know
Now you're the banker, it's your turn to go
(Amelia's part:)
You could cheat me if you wanted to
I could not think any worse of you
Each way I lose a heart but somehow I lost the art
Of playing these stupid games, you're gonna win again and

I don't know what to do
I've gambled everything but you still ask for more
I can't afford not to give
Just one more chance, If only for the past
I know it's my last now
Not much to lose, when you've lost it all
But why must you take it so hard when you fall
(Cathy's part:)
I'll pay again at your asking price
I must accept it, but your look's like ice
(Amelia's part:)
I've tried to delay to put off the day
It comes clear you don't need me here
(Cathy's part:)
Dragged through the mill numb to it all
Just when I thought it was my turn to call
(Amelia's part:)
I know it is time for me to leave
Turn my worst fears into certainty
But I can't bring myself to leave for somewhere else
Without you forcing me which you won't do which means that

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Part songwriter, part blues singer, part slide guitar phenom, Colin Lake is paving a musical road all his own. At the beginning of 2009, that road brought the Pacific Northwest native to New Orleans and it wasn't long before his powerful voice could be heard regularly at venues throughout the city and over the airwaves of WWOZ fm. Marked by soulful, pleading vocals, Lake's music incorporates elements of soul, rock and folk to create a sound and feel that is strongly original and disarmingly familiar.

Read more about Colin Lake on Last.fm.


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