A gypsy woman, she told me To let them women be She said, "A man's your best friend" I said, "Are you tellin' me?" I done got wise to the way you women do You've been tryin' to trick me, baby But yeah, the tricks have turned on you I don't know whether my woman was jokin' Or what she tryin' to do I done pulled the right card And I'm paid just like you I done got wise to the way you women do You've been tryin' to trick me, baby But yeah, the tricks have turned on you When I used to come from work You had four or five cousins around I got me a cousin Since I come to town I done got wise to the way you women do You've been tryin' to trick me, baby But yeah, the tricks have turned on you There's fifty-two cards in the deck I want you to deal me ten If you can gamble with the women I'm gonna gamble with the men I done got wise to the way you women do You've been tryin' to trick me, darling But yeah, the tricks have turned on you