I'm called a spadeMy mind has done been madeThat's what the man, he saidThen he threw his money downAnd they passed the cards aroundThis weren't no children's gameHe said his nameWas just a passin' thingWhile I looked at him confusedBut I soon knew what he meantWith his revolver spentOn everything but meJust then, he laughed and handed me a bagSaid, Could you fill it for me please?Then we rode all night longThrough the dark into the dawnBefore we finally took our restSaid he'd come in from GalvestonThat troubled city by the gulfHe said, I knew your sister wellSo when I saw you I could tellBy that ribbon on your sleeveI'm sorry to say your sister's passed awayI seen it with my own two eyesAnd those same evil menWho killed my closest kinThey were sittin' there by youListen to me, life is miseryTrouble's always on the wayAnd if I were you, I know what I'd doBecause they're sure to fall the spade
