Deal Me Another Hand

 

Deal Me Another Hand

Written by Scott Wainwright

There's cooking in the kitchen

And banging in the yard

I noticed something missing

In the hand that deals the card

But there's rain in the sky

And wind in the window

I move the sun from my eyes

And tip the dirt from the barrow

There's shouting in the next room

Take a brolly for the rain

The wind blows, the washing moves

And sleeping dogs lay

So there's more work tomorrow

And a fraying shoelace

You'd like sleep to follow

But the dogs in your place

(chorus)

Deal me another hand

Elizabeth pleads

There's sense in stupidity

Dirt still in the barrow

You think your cupidity

Lacks bows and arrows

Well there's bread in the bread bin

And books on the shelf

But the hunger within

Is to be some place else

There's rage at the roadside

And a soul less a king

The Sun's back in your eyes

And you didn't say a thing

You're a prophet by prevention

You're working late

And the dogs got your pension

Thanks to the state

(chorus)

Deal me another hand

Elizabeth pleads

(coda)

I don't know which way I'll turn

But I know I'll let these wheels burn

I'm talking to you

From the album 'Every Man Has His Critics'

Available here https://scottwainwright.bandcamp.com/album/every-man-has-his-critics