Dark Lady (2024 Remaster)

[Verse 1]

The fortune queen of New Orleans

Was brushing her cat in her black limousine

On the back seat were scratches from

The marks of men, her fortune she had won

Couldn't see through the tinted glass

She said, "Home, James" and he hit the gas

Followed her to some darkened room

She took my money, she said, "I'll be with you soon"

[Chorus]

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one

Danced to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done

Dark lady played black magic 'til the clock struck on the twelve

She told me more about me than I knew myself

[Verse 2]

She dealt two cards, a queen and a three

And mumbled some words that were so strange to me

And then she turned up a two-eyed jack

My eyes saw red, but the card still stayed black

She said, "The man you love is secretly true

To someone else who is very close to you

My advice is that you leave this place

Never come back and forget you ever saw my face"

[Chorus]

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one

Danced to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done

Dark lady played black magic 'til the clock struck on the twelve

She told me more about me than I knew myself

[Verse 3]

So I ran home and crawled in my bed

I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said

Then I remembered her strange perfume

How I smelled it once in my own room

So I sneak back and caught her with my man

Laughing and kissing 'til they saw the gun in my hand

The next thing I knew, they were dead on the floor

Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore

[Chorus]

Dark lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one

Danced to her gypsy music 'til her brew was done

Dark lady played black magic 'til the clock struck on the twelve

She told me more about me