Tongues Of Fire

You had ten of clubs with a jack and queen That's how it always was Chasing open ended straights While I was sitting back just waiting for another three Fueled then by the turn you'd come out gunning The dealer just a devil in disguise And I would cast my bread upon the river And we'd both look the devil in the eyes Unaware the stakes were higher Back when we had tongues of fire We would talk for hours on the phone And get a little buzzed I would drink a beer or two And you would sell your soul and spend the sum on both of us While you were playing for the ace of diamonds I was playing just to stay alive The devil that you know or the devil that you don't We both looked the devil in the eyes Unaware the stakes were higher Back when we had tongues of fire Tongues of fire Streets of gold Bread of life Getting old I can feel it Lord inside my bones Like a heathen in a missionary home