The fortune queen of New Orleans
Was brushing her cat
In her black limousine
On the backseat 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
I followed her
To some darkened room,
She took my money,
She said «I'll be with you soon»
Dark lady laughed and danced
And lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done
Dark lady played black magic
Till the clock struck on the twelve
She told me more about me
Than I knew myself
She dealt two cards, a queen and a three
And mumbled some words that were so strange to me
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
Dark lady laughed and danced
And lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done
Dark lady played black magic
Till the clock struck on the twelve
She told me more about me
Than I knew myself
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,
And how I smelled it was in my own room!
So I sneaked back
And caught her with my man,
Laughing and kissing
Till 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