Paul Siebel

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 working man.

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Lay your cards upon the table,
And everybody show their hand.
Foiled again you sad-eyed losers,
Foiled again by Honest Sam.

Once, there came a simple stranger.
He caught Sam cheatin' and words was said.
Sam just winked at Joe the Strangler,
Joe, he shot that stranger dead.

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Now Honest Sam lives in a mansion,
And he sails his ships out on the sea.
And if the Devil's paid his ransom,
Well I guess he'd pay for you and me.

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