The Clockwork Dolls - The Ballad of Black Jack Jezebel lyrics

They called her 'Black Jack Jezebel' The Mistress of the Game And every border town could tell The story of her fame A long, black coat with two quick guns And endless luck with cards Until one game destroyed her run The blow, it hit her hard She lost her cool that fateful night And bet all on a bust She'd put her faith in an oversight: A man she could not trust He took her heart and took her crown Her reputation lost She vowed that night to hunt him down No matter what the cost She booked her pa**age on a ship To search throughout the skies Her anger spurred her on that trip To k** him for his lies The Dame de Fer saw every town From Maine to Frisco Bay But still she could not hunt him down Elusive was her prey Until one night in Saskatoon She found him in a bar And when he saw her brown eyes flare He knew he'd not get far She bought him down with at single shot She brought him to the floor He knew right then that he'd been caught She'd settled up the score "Well, my girl," he wheezed at last "I've led this merry chase But I didn't think we'd end so fast And in this frozen place "Miss Jezebel, I loved you then And swear I love you still Just take me in your arms again; I swear I always will" She held her tongue and watched him die; He bled out on the floor The man she'd chased 'cross every sky Was suddenly no more "I curse the day I saw your face Or every heard your name! I curse the land, the sky, this place As witness to my shame!" That was the last they ever heard Of Black Jack Jezebel They couldn't care where she'd gone to: To heaven or to hell But windy nights with chilly air Bring voices on the breeze And gambling men most everywhere Might fall down to their knees And pray a devil does not come To play with them at cards For Black Jack Jezie's brand of fun Will put them all on guard. If she wins, or so they tell She'll only take your purse But if you beat that dark-eyed girl Your life's forever cursed