for all the stars and a show of hands it s in the cards since time began through all the dawns the midnights what s in the shadows and the sunlight i was there when adam turned the leaf jesus wept oh lord please don t forsake me and the cards they throw on down and the cards they throw on down and the cards they throw on down devil don t misquote me through all the suns and sunken moons i ve painted hills with the lost trails of many i m the bars with the crooked smiles it s my eyes that guide you stumbling home the crooked mile angel eyes with fallen wings i was there when gabriel cried oh lord don t forsake me and the cards they throw on down and the cards they throw on down devil don t misquote me it s your deal