The Turn Of A Friendly Card (Part 1) Lyrics by Alan Parsons Project
Album : The Definitive Collection , The Turn of a Friendly Card
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There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains
And a wheel in perpetual motion
And they follow the races and pay out the gains
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
For God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west
Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise
And not all the king's horses and all the king's men
Have prevented the fall of the unwise

For they think it will make their lives easier
And God knows up 'til now it's been hard
But the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No, the game never ends when your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine
As he enters inside the cathedral
There are unsmiling faces and bright plastic chains    And a wheel in perpetual motion    And they follow the races and pay out the gains    With no show of an outward emotion       And they think it will make their lives easier    For God knows up 'til now it's been hard    But the game never ends when your whole world depends    On the turn of a friendly card    No, the game never ends when your whole world depends    On the turn of a friendly card       There's a sign in the desert that lies to the west    Where you can't tell the night from the sunrise    And not all the king's horses and all the king's men    Have prevented the fall of the unwise       For they think it will make their lives easier    And God knows up 'til now it's been hard    But the game never ends when your whole world depends    On the turn of a friendly card    No, the game never ends when your whole world depends    On the turn of a friendly card       But a pilgrim must follow in search of a shrine    As he enters inside the cathedral