(T.Hendrik-K.van Haaren)

It was late after midnight I was sitting in a tavern. I saw him playing cards and I went over to the old man.

He said, I read inside the cards, all about your life, Do you want to know it? So listen to me.

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The queen of hearts. The queen of hearts knows about life.

She knows all about the heartache of the lovers in the night. Can you try to read the sign?

The queen of hearts. The queen of hearts knows about fate.

And the queen of hearts, she’s telling me, Run home to your love, run before it is too late.

He shuffled all his cards, and then he started dealing. The Jack of Clubs, and Queen of Hearts,

I didn’t know the meaning. He said, You’ll lose your lover. I did not believe a word. But when I got back home, my baby was gone.

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