Paul Shapera - Priscilla And Jasper Play Cards lyrics

(Scene: A dimply lit, windowless room deep in the McAlistair Manor. Priscilla and the doll Jasper sit and play cards. Jasper is naturally awkward at it, but Priscilla is patient and the game manages to be played.) (Priscilla) Club and spade I raise, here in this parlor in this never ending game we play And we hide, just you and I, as day fades into day Hidden in our room, with a game that no one ever seems to win or lose And the shades of flames remain from a world we keep far away (Jasper) Ghosts of towns, ghosts of cities Games that brought its sad demise The only way to end the game One who plays must sacrifice (Priscilla) Diamonds now I raise, outside we'd die and there is nowhere else I'd rather stay In the scrawl beyond these walls in a cold and coarse and vicious place Here where there's no time, there's no loss or lies or need to speak of sacrifice It's no way to win a game and why else would a person play? (Jasper) Ghosts of games, you're always caught in Games you play but cannot win The only way the game can die One who plays must sacrifice (The scene shifts to the outside world. The young recruit is out in a three police man squad raiding homes and executing guilty citizens) (Soldier 7285) And on the day we come it's over And you will have your fate laid out and spun, it's execution And you may pray if you get comfort It's on that day you're duty's done (Return to the Manor where Priscilla and Jasper play cards) (Jasper) Ghosts of Fay, the child I loved Whose eyes and smile you remind me of In the years I've been trapped here Only you I've come to love A ghost am I, one if they knew of Who, with you, they'd come and k** Ghosts of d**h I wish to die But sacrifice so you might live Ghosts of love, of little girls you Talked and watched as they grew up Ghosts of things and rings and gifts You give to them so they might live Ghosts of towns, ghosts of cities Games that brought their sad demise The only way to end the game One who plays must sacrifice (Priscilla) Hearts and now I fold, you can't mean that you just dream of d**h and wish to go? You're my soul, my angel The only thing that keeps me whole How can you want to die? All this time and all these years that slowly pa** on by You're alive so I don't die? What kind of twisted sacrifice… (Scene once again shifts to the young police soldier, Soldier 7285, carrying out his duties) (Soldier 7285) And on the day we come it's over And you will have your fate laid out and spun, it's execution And you may pray if you get comfort It's on that day you're duty's done