歌曲名 Brian Hennesy 歌手名 Bobby Bare

作词：Shel Silverstein

作曲：Shel Silverstein

Brian Hennessey sat back

And let the gypsy read his palm

When he saw her eyes grow wide

and wild and dark

And she whispered through

her toothless gums

And clutched him by the arm

She said Boy I fear I see the devil's mark

Brian Hennessey just laughed

And pealed the ten spot from his roll

Because he'd never ever

known the taste of fear

But he wondered why the summer nights

should suddenly turn cold

As the gypsy's words

come ringing in his ear

You can run you can hide

Brian Hennessey she cried

But you can't escape the fate

that's in your hand

And say how does it feel

to have dealt your final deal

Go on lay down Brian you're a dying man

Brian Hennessey walked through

the doors of the Dining Dog Saloon

Where he stopped to have

his nightly glass of gin

And the one eyed scar faced

Stranger a dealing blackjack in the gloom

Winked his ghastly grey glass eye

and dealt him in

Brian watched in fascination

as the stranger's fingers flew

Why he'd never seen such

cheating done before

And his hand closed around

a handle of his snub nose 32

When the gypsy's warning

come to him once more

Oh you can run you can hide

Brian Hennessey she cried

But you can't escape the fate

that's in your hand

And say how does it feel

to have dealt your final deal

Go on lay down Brian you're a dying man

Brian Hennessey just folded up his cards

and walked away

Holding back the rage that burned his soul

And he stopped to have some coffee

at the Mockingbird Cafe

But that slender blue eyed

waitress was his goal

And a few words from his silver tongue

Soon turned her flutty head

She said My husband's out

of town you need not fear

But as he pressed her to the softness

Of her flutty feathered bed

On her pillows he saw

written bright and clear

Oh you can run you can hide

daring letters clear and wide

Said you can't escape the fate

that's in your hand

And say how does it feel

to have dealt your final deal

Go on lay down Brian you're a dying man

Brian Hennessey he stumbled

down the stairs into the street

And from that day on

he changed his wicked life

And he never drunk or gambled

and he never dealt no dough

And he never touched

another fellow's wife

And years later he met the gypsy

When his days were almost done

He said Ha ha I beat

your curse don't you know

But when she saw the frightened trembling

Withered wretch that he'd become

She said Brian you died twenty years ago

Because you ran and you hid

that's exactly what you did

But you didn't escape the fate

that's in your hand

And say how did it feel to have

dealt your final deal

Go on lay down Brian you're a dying man