Counting Cards

Picture me counting cards, dear Pick any kind you like Picture them coloured red, dear Black will hold back the light From the stars in our eyes, we're just diamonds, broke Jokes we tell to laugh, dear Laugh on back the pain Pain is in the mind, dear Stars are much the same Gone in the time it takes the light to reach In time, you'll find we're blind to the things we don't believe Picture us out in Vegas, counting bills before the show Spending 'em from New Orleans, where we spent the week before And the stars in our eyes are the lights from the flash Pictures of us in black, dear, rolling on the red Carpets laid on concrete, counting billboards where we read That the stars of our minds shine bright in the dark like diamonds, diamonds And our hearts in our cards, and our silver strung guitars, say "Hear me when I call, hear me when I come in late" You're wide awake, "I'm sorry" is not enough I'm sorry, I'm not enough to stay Faded by, in time with the back of your bed Am I that levy you take, that levy you hold? Faded by, in time with the back of your bed Am I that levy you break, that levy you hold? Paint me red, paint me red Picture that, picture that Picture us and God shaking hands, just because we can Like DMC, we run this shit Run DMC, what's tricky to get? Hey, God Watch me murder this Watch me murder this Planes fly due west, and plain in my view Is the blame for the fault in our stars, counting cards in the dark We sit and talk, bleeding it out Believing that all our cries are just diamonds Hearts in our cards, and our silver strung guitars, say "Hear me when I call, hear me when I come in late" You're wide awake, "I'm sorry" is not enough I'm sorry, I'm not enough to stay Faded by, in time with the back of your bed Am I that levy you take, that levy you hold? Faded by, in time with the back of your bed Am I that levy you break, that levy you hold? Faded by, in time with the back of your bed Am I that levy you take, that levy you hold? Faded by, in time with the back of your bed Am I that levy you take, that levy you hold? Picture me counting cards, dear Picture me counting cards