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The fortune queen of New Orleans |
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Was brushing her cat in her black limousine |
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On the back seat were scratches |
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From the marks of men her fortune she had won |
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Couldn't see through the tinted glass |
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She said, "Home James" and he hit the gas |
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I followed her to some darkened room |
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She took my money and she said, "I'll be with you soon" |
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Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one |
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Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done |
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Dark lady played black magic till the clock struck on the twelve |
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She told me more about me than I knew myself |
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She dealt two cards, a queen and a three |
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And mumbled some words that were so strange to me |
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And then she turned up a two-eyed jack |
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My eyes saw red but the card still stayed black |
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She said, "The man you love is secretly true |
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To someone else who is very close to you" |
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My advice is that you leave this place |
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Never come back and forget you ever saw my face |
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Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one |
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Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done |
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Dark lady played black magic till the clock struck on the twelve |
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She told me more about me than I knew myself |
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So I ran home and crawled in my bed |
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I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said |
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Then I remembered her strange perfume |
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How I smelled it once in my own room |
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So I sneaked back and caught her with my man |
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Laughing and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand |
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The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor |
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Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore |
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Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one |
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Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done |
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Dark lady played black magic till the clock struck on the twelve |
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She told me more about me than I knew myself |
