"Ballad Of Honest Sam" lyrics

There never was a bad man in the movies
Who could lie and cheat like Honest Sam
In the card room down at Louie's
He'd take the pay from the working man

Lay your cards on the table
And everybody show your hand
Foiled again you sad-eyed loser
Foiled again by Honest Sam

Once there came a simple stranger
And he caught Sammy cheating, words was said
Sam just winked at Joe the Strangler
And Joe, he shot that stranger dead

Lay your cards on the table
And everybody show your hand
Foiled again you sad-eyed loser
Foiled again by Honest Sam

Now Sam, he lives in golden tower
And he flies his plain across the sky
Well, if the devil paid his ransom
Well, he surely paid for you and I

Lay your cards on the table
And everybody show your hand
Foiled again you sad-eyed loser
Foiled again by Honest Sam