[Lyric] The Ballad of Honest Sam (The Flatlanders)

[Verse 1]
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 takes the pay from the workin' man

[Chorus]
Lay your cards on the table
And everybody shows his hand
Foiled again, you sad-eyed loser
Foiled again by Honest Sam

[Verse 2]
Once, there came a simple stranger
He caught Sam cheatin', words were said
Sam just winked at Joe the Strangler
Joe, he shot that stranger dead

[Chorus]
Lay the cards on the table
And everybody shows his hand
Foiled again, you sad-eyed loser
Foiled again by Honest Sam
[Verse 3]
Now Honest Sam lives in a mansion
And he sails his ship out on the sea
And if the devil paid his ransom
Well, then I guess he'd do the same for you and me

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