Stand and Call

High stakes, deuces wild,
Playing for hearts with a child.
Jacks or better? Not in a long time.
Aces high, like you, and I'm...
Laying it all on the line.
Playing for more than mine.

I loved you,
But love just isn't enough.
You loved me, too?
I stand and call your bluff.  
What a perfect poker face you craft.
Lay down your cards,
And tell me what you're playing at.


It's not a game to me,
If it's all the same to you.
Maybe it is, now-
Should I keep on playing through?
Should I cash out, and take my winning?
Should I take a loss?
What is the devil that keeps you grinning?
Frozen features growing moss.

And I loved you,
But love just isn't enough.
You loved me, too?
I stand and call your bluff.  
What a perfect poker face you craft.
Lay down your cards,
And tell me what you're playing at.


Full house, lay it out,
And slowly creeps the doubt.
Jacks or better? Not in a long time.
Aces high, like you, and I'm...
Done playing. And so, now what, then?
In a game of cards, Baby, you're a ten.
Still that steady expression
Of the Automatantric Autocrat.
Lay down your cards,
And tell me what you're playing at.