And then sweeping up the joker
You find he did not leave you very much,
Like any dealer, he was watching for the
card that is so high and wild
He'll never need to deal another
And then leaning on your window sill He'll
But now another stranger seems
To want you to ignore his dreams
As though they were the burden
Oh, you've seen that man before
His golden arm, dispatching cards
And he wants to trade the
game he plays for shelter
Yes, he wants to trade the
game he knows for shelter
Lay down his hand like he was giving
up the holy game of poker
And while he talks his dreams to sleep, you
That is curling up like smoke
It's curling just like smoke
You tell him to come in, sit down
But something makes you turn around
you can't close your shelter
You try the handle of the road,
it opens, do not be afraid
It's you, my love, you who are the stranger
It is you, my love, you who
We'd meet between the trains
I think it's time to board an
I never had a secret chart
To get me to the heart of this
Well, he talks like this, you
don't know what he's after
When he speaks like this,
you don't know what he's af ter
Let's meet tomorrow, if you choose
Upon the shore, beneath the bridge
Then he leaves the platform for
the sleeping car that's warm
he's only advertising one more shelter
the bridge or someplace later"
You find he did not leave you very much,
Like any dealer, he was watching for the
card that is so high and wild
He'll never need to deal another
He was just some Joseph looking
He'll say one day you caused his will
To weaken with your love and
And then taking from his wallet
An old schedule of trains, he'll say
I told you when I came I was a stranger
I told you when I came I was a stranger
I told you when I came I was a stranger
I told you when I came I was a stranger
