It was late after midnight
I was sitting in a tavern
♪
I saw him playing cards
And I went over to the old man
♪
He said, "I read inside the cards"
"All about your life"
"Do you want to know it?"
"So listen to me"
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts knows about life
♪
She knows all about the heartache of the lovers in the night
Can't you try to read the signs?
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts knows about fate
♪
And the Queen of Hearts, she's telling me
"Run home to your love, run before it is too late"
♪
He shuffled all his cards
And then he started dealing
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The Jack of Clubs, then Queen of Hearts
I didn't know the meaning
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He said, "You'll lose your lover"
I did not believe a word
But when I got back home
My baby was gone
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts knows about life

She knows all about the heartache of the lovers in the night
Can't you try to read the signs?
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts knows about fate

And the Queen of Hearts, she's telling me
"Run home to your love, run before it is too late"
♪
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts knows about life
She knows all about the heartache of the lovers in the night
Can't you try to read the signs?
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts knows about fate

And the Queen of Hearts, she's telling me
"Run home to your love, run before it is too late"
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts, of Hearts
She knows all about the heartache of the...