I hear tales, some playboy has kidnapped your heart With his plane and his plans for games after dark Just a pen in his pocket and the price of a room Where the secondhand sheets smell of stale perfume If there's sharks in the water, don't swim where it's deep For the taste of success can be bitter and sweet It could be alright that I act like a child But you'll be the loser when the jokers run wild You're just playin' the game but the stakes are too high What will you do when the chips start to fly? When the deck's stacked against you and the livin' gets hard Oh, it's four walls of madness in this house of cards Come on, you call me but I know there's time In a handful of diamonds, oh a heart's hard to find And your house of cards starts weighin' you down All your nights become restless when the clubs start to pound You're just playin' the game but the stakes are too high What will you do when the chips start to fly? When the deck's stacked against you and the livin' gets hard Oh, it's four walls of madness in this house of cards You're just playin' the game but the stakes are too high What will you do when the chips start to fly? When the deck's stacked against you and the livin' gets hard Oh, it's four walls of madness in this house of cards Cards