A Good Hand

from Sabotage by Gamine

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A Good Hand

Who wants to win all their bets?
I've said my piece and settled my debts.
When malcontentedness besets
I’ve learnt to leave.

The ideal home is tarnished,
Painted in gloss and varnished.
My need for a home has diminished,
Now that this house is finished,
I feel like a change, I need a change.

I have a good hand, I know it.
If I chose I could show it,
But who knows me knows I’ll exchange it.
Pass me those cards, I’ll blow it all on a change, just for a change.

Quite soon I’ll be out of range,
And when I return, you’ll find me estranged,
You’ll say that I'm false, I'm gambled away,
But it's not that, it's just that I have changed, I will have changed.

You wonder where that boy went,
Seeing your disappointment,
I take a vague enjoyment,
Knowing my life is meant to change, change.

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from Sabotage, released February 6, 2006

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The trademark Gamine sound of evocative, trans-magical piano, and sumptuous, multi-beautiful vocals... augmented by atmosparkling pedal steel guitar... little touches of electronic jiggery-pokery sprinkled hither and thither... orchestral...

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