Jack Bruce - Hows Tricks

      [Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The white hand in the darkened house
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Rings a bell that makes the guests drop their cases in fright
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A face that seems to laugh alone
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Sits in the flames that warm the frozen stretches of night

[Bridge 1]
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The skeleton that smokes, his head half guillotined
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Sits there telling jokes, about places he has cleaned

[Chorus]
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How's tricks? How's tricks?
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What kicks! It sticks! Loud ticks

[Verse 2]
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The bow tie and the question mark
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Set sail to beat the cards that rain around the chorus girls
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The bullets from the golden gun
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Appear to penetrate the flesh below the golden curls

[Bridge 2]
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Inside the clear white box, lies a nervous bathing belle
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She hope's he'll find the locks, that free her from the world

[Chorus]
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How's tricks? How's tricks?
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What kicks! It sticks! Loud ticks

[Verse 3]
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The rabbit with the faded smile
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Is listening to the artist playing in the mirrored room
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The albums of forgotten songs
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Grow dusty in the floodlit shelves somewhere below the moon

[Bridge 3]
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Owls sit on the letters, of his last name in lights
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 Demons and pacesetters, they laugh into the night

[Chorus]
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How's tricks? How's tricks?
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What kicks! It sticks!
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How's tricks? How's tricks?
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What kicks! It sticks!
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How's tricks? How's tricks?
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What kicks! It sticks!
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How's tricks? How's tricks?
     Bb        F
What kicks! It sticks!

[Instrumental]
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[Outro]
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