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Dealer by Traffic

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Traffic

Dealer

Release date: 8th December 1967

From The Finer Things
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About This Track

"Dealer" is a track by Traffic, from the album The Finer Things, released 8th December 1967. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Traffic

Traffic

Lyrics

Dealer

As the evening sun goes down

The Dealer shuffles into town

Makes a note of what's a float

And spinning 'round he'll cut your throat

In the time it takes to heal

The dealers made another deal

When he plays he plays for keeps

And sweeps the spinning roulette wheel

Dealer, Dealer

Like the mighty ocean's roar

He gets all his share and more

Mexican right to the core and very proud

He'll get even with the score

Leave your wife a weeping widow on the shore

Between the desert and the dove

Money is his only love

Feeling nothing deep inside

His mind is governed by his pride

In a smoky little room

Shadows moving in the gloom

Someone turns a running flush

And breaks the deathly quiet hush

Dealer, Dealer, Dealer, Dealer

(Dealer)

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Track details

From The Finer Things

1967
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Album
The Finer Things
The Finer Things
Eric Clapton and the Powerhouse
Release year
1967
  1. —Crossroads
  2. —Medicated Goo
  3. —Paper Sun
  4. —Dear Mr. Fantasy
  5. —Heaven Is in Your Mind
  6. —Dealer
  7. —No Face, No Name, No Number
  8. —Smiling Phases
  9. —Coloured Rain
  10. —Rainmaker
  11. —Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
  12. —Withering Tree
  13. —Shanghai Noodle Factory

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Writer
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