I live my life in chains
Got my hands in chains
And I can't stick with the 
cards
That I got with a deal
Like this I must insist
That a girl's got 
more to do
Then be the way you think a woman should
I'm taking it into my 
own hands
In this man's land I can understand
Why I'm taking 
command
Had enough of stuff 
And now it's time to think about me, me 
yeah

* And you can easily gamble your life away
Second after 
second
And day by day
You play the game or you walk away
It's a new 
turn on a blue day
And a cool deal of life for me
And it's all 
good

** I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that 
the clubs are weapons of war
I know that diamonds mean money for this 
art
But that's not the shape (the shape) of my heart

I've always 
played it safe nothing's ever safe
Give me the courage to back my own 
convictions
Every decision I make I pay it back and more
Now turn the 
cards and let them fall to me
Cos I don't need to play on with the hand that 
they have given me
I'll give it back cos it's not the way it has to 
be

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That's not the shape 
The shape of my 
heart
My heart
That's not the shape of my heart

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