Story Behind The Song

Wild Bill Hickcock was shot in the back of the head while playing poker. When the people looked at the cards he was holding, they were 2 eights and 2 aces which is known as "A Dead Man's Hand"

Song Description

It is about not knowing when your time is up but taking chnaces and gambling with your life can lead to quick and brutal end.

Lyrics

Eights and Aces

I left home and started drinking in a bar outside of Detroit
you know it was around the spring of 79'
I woke up on a beach outside of Jax
in 1992
it was 13 lost years,babe
ya know i cried a million tears
should I stay or should I fold
only me and the devil know
that it's eights and aces that I hold

pushin a tanker down I-35
that's when you could feel that back-end begin to slide
right then you've lost all control
a jackknife and a real dark hole
it all flashes before the eyes
well, sometimes ya just can't say
when all your time burns away
should you stay or should you fold
only you and the devil know that it is
eights and aces that you hold

you know I'm livin hard everyday and everynight
I'm tryin I'M TRYIN i'm tryin to stay within the light
cold alone and on the ground
in the wrong place wrong time
only the devil know that it is
eights and aces that I hold

solo

I just road into town looking to play a nasty game
CUZ you know brother I'm the man with no name
sittin around a dark smoke filled room
man you could just feel somebody gonna be dyin soon
well, the cards had a broken seal it was way too late to cut the deal
should you stay should you fold
only you and I really know that it is
eights and aces that you hold
eights and aces that you hold
eights and aces that you hold

Playlist Creator	Playlist Name	Date Added
Grizzled Blue	My Top Songs	1/30/2013