Dark Lady-The Academy Allstars

[ti:Dark Lady] [ar:The Academy Allstars] [al:Hot 100 Number Ones Of 1974] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dark Lady - The Academy Allstars [00:19.98]The fortune queen of new orleans [00:22.61]Was brushing her cat in her black limousine [00:28.11]On the back seat were scratches [00:29.81] [00:30.38]From the marks of men [00:32.49]Her fortune she had won [00:37.62]Couldn't see through the tinted glass [00:40.41]She said home james and he hit the gas [00:45.55]Followed her to some darkened room [00:48.70]Took my money she said [00:50.80]I'll be with you soon [00:56.70] [00:57.27]Dark lady laughed and danced [00:59.39]And lit the candles one by one [01:03.19] [01:03.71]Danced to her gypsy music [01:06.10]Till her brew was done [01:10.04]Dark lady played black magic [01:12.48]Till the clock struck on the twelve [01:16.39]She told me more about me [01:18.79]Than I knew myself [01:19.65] [01:22.47]Dealt two cards a queen and a three [01:25.96]And mumbled some words [01:26.84]That were so strange to me [01:30.63]Then she turned up a two-eyed jack [01:33.58]My eyes saw red but the card [01:35.86]Still stayed black [01:40.17]Said the man you love is secretly true [01:43.41]Someone else who is very close to you [01:48.53]My advice is that you leave this place [01:51.44]Never come back and forget you [01:54.28]Ever saw my face [01:58.06] [02:00.15]Dark lady laughed and danced [02:02.03]And lit the candles one by one [02:06.49]Danced to her gypsy music [02:08.85]Till her brew was done [02:12.88]Dark lady played black magic [02:15.12]Till the clock struck on the twelve [02:19.18]She told me more about me [02:21.78]Than I knew myself [02:23.10] [02:25.14]So I ran home and crawled in my bed [02:28.43]I couldn't sleep because of [02:30.21]All the things she said [02:33.68]Then I remembered her strange perfume [02:36.70]And how I smelled it once in my own room [02:43.14]So I sneaked back and caught her with my man [02:46.25]Laughing and kissing till they saw [02:48.68]The gun in my hand [02:51.20]The next thing I knew [02:52.47]They were dead on the floor [02:54.08]Dark lady would never turn a card up anymore [02:56.28] [03:03.00]Dark lady laughed and danced [03:04.45]And lit the candles one by one [03:06.23] [03:09.40]Danced to her gypsy music [03:11.78]Till her brew was done [03:15.82]Dark lady played black magic [03:18.65]Till the clock struck on the twelve