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Jack of Hearts

from Jack Of Hearts by Gordon Michaels

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I had the nine songs for the album but I thought it was missing an identity…a persona…daydreaming and free-associating on my deck and sipping a pinot grigio I thought, “Hmmm…Jack of Hearts…hmmm” I did a Google search for Jack of Hearts and liked what I found---the card started in the French Middle Ages as the ‘’Knave” of hearts…changed later to the “Knight” and finally slang-ified to “Jack”…he is the underdog…fights for the King…but remember the Lancelot legend—he was in love with the Queen—hence the line “keeps an eye on the Queen”…the old saying “Jack of all trades—master of none” popped up and voila!—a personality…a real person with a role…subordinate to the rulers….but accepting that fact…constantly on the road fighting battles for the King…lonely—not able to engender a permanent relationship because of his role and yet always always looking for a love—looking for “the one”…the arrangement is influenced by Paul Simon’s Still Crazy after All These Years as far as not really having a chorus per say but instead having a repeated tag line after the verses with two bridges ...I think the feeling—instrumentation—overall sound is influenced by James Taylor and Eric Clapton…

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Jack of Hearts
Every day is just another day
Another chance to play my part
Fight for my King…keep an eye on my Queen
Guess I’m just a Jack of hearts
Guess I’m just a Jack of hearts

Never gonna get a castle I can call my own
And I guess I knew that from the start
Gotta give allegiance to the powers that be
Guess I’m just a Jack of hearts
Guess I’m just a Jack of hearts

I’m a Jack of all trades but….master of none
Really got nowhere to go
Lookin’ for a love…I’m…lookin’ for the one
Lookin’ every day…don’t cha know?

And so I sit and watch the clouds roll in
I love it when the raindrops start
This lonely feelin’… well it…suits me quite well
Guess I’m just a Jack of Hearts
Guess I’m just a Jack of Hearts
Guess I’m just a Jack of Hearts

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from Jack Of Hearts, released July 15, 2021
Gordon Michaels: vocals, acoustic guitar, keyboards
Ron Turner: electric guitar
Bobby Peters: bass
Tim Tamassia: Korg piano

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Gordon Michaels Baltimore, Maryland

Gordon Michaels is a singer songwriter living in Parkville, Maryland with his wife Mary Ann and his dog, Mazie. Jack of Hearts and Tune Rider are Gordon's first album releases since his debut Stargazer on A&M Horizon Records in 1979. Gordon splits his time between writing, recording and teaching at Towson University. ... more

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