Bobby Bare - Brian hennessey

^EBrian Hennessey sat back and let the gy^Apsy read his palm When he s^Baw her eyes grow wide and wild and da^Erk And she whispered through her toothless gums and cl^Autched him by the arm She said, ''B^Boy, I fear I see the devil's m^Eark.'' ^EBrian Hen^Bnessey just laughed and pealed the t^Een-spot from his roll 'Cause he'd never ever known the taste of f^Bear But he wo^Endered why the summer nights should sud^Adenly turn cold As the g^Bypsy's words come ringing in his e^Ear.

^E''You can r^Aun, you can hide, Brian Henn^Eessey.'', she cried ''But you can't escape the fate that's in your h^Band. And s^Eay how does it feel to have de^Aalt your final deal? Go on l^Bay down Brian you're a dying m^Ean.''

^EBrian Hennessey walked through the doors of the Di^Aning Dog Saloon Where he sto^Bpped to have his nightly glass of g^Ein And the one-eyed scar-faced stranger a dealing bl^Aackjack in the gloom Winked his gh^Bastly grey glass eye and dealt him ^Ein. ^EBrian wa^Btched in fascination as the str^Eanger's fingers flew Why he'd never seen such cheatin' done be^Bfore And his h^Eand closed round a handle of his s^Anub-nose 32 When the gy^Bpsy's warning come to him once m^Eore.

^E''You can r^Aun, you can hide, Brian Henn^Eessey.'', she cried ''But you can't escape the fate that's in your h^Band. And s^Eay how does it feel to have de^Aalt your final deal? Go on l^Bay down Brian you're a dying m^Ean.''

^EBrian Hennessey just folded up his ca^Ards and walked away Holding b^Back the rage that burned his s^Eoul And he stopped to have some coffee at the Mo^Ackingbird Cafe But that sle^Bnder blue eyed waitress was his g^Eoal. And a f^Bew words from his silver tongue soon turned her flig^Ehty head She said, ''My husband's out of town, you need not f^Bear.'' But as he pr^Eessed her to the softness of her fl^Autty-feathered bed On her pi^Bllows he saw written bright and cl^Eear.

^EOh, you can r^Aun, you can hide, daring let^Eters clear and wide Said you can't escape the fate that's in your h^Band And s^Eay how does it feel to have de^Aalt your final deal Go on l^Bay down Brian you're a dying m^Ean.

^EBrian Hennessey he stumbled down the st^Aairs into the street And from t^Bhat day on he changed his wicked l^Eife And he never drunk or gambled and he never de^Aalt no doop And he ne^Bver touched another fellow's wi^Efe. And ye^Bars later he met the gypsy when his days were almost d^Eone He said, ''Ha, ha, I beat your curse don't you k^Bnow.'' But w^Ehen she saw the frightened, trembling, wit^Ahered wretch that he'd become She said, ''Br^Bian, you died twenty years a^Ego.''

''Because you r^Aan and you hid that's ex^Eactly what you did But you didn't escape the fate that's in your h^Band. And say how did it feel to have de^Aalt your final deal? Go on l^Bay down Brian you're a dying m^Ean...''