How’s Tricks Songtext
von Jack Bruce

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

The skeleton that smokes
His head half guillotined
Sits there telling jokes
About places he has been

House tricks
House tricks
What kicks
It sticks
Loud ticks, yeah

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


Inside the clear white box
Lies another wedding bell
She hopes to find the locks
That free her from the spell

House tricks
House tricks
What kicks
It sticks
Yeah, yeah, house tricks

The rabbit with the faded smile
Is listening to the artist playing in the mirrored room
The albums of forgotten songs
Grow dusty in the flooded shell somewhere below the moon

Out sit on the letters
Of his last name in lights
Demons and base sellers
They laugh into the night

House tricks
House tricks
What kicks
It sticks
Yeah, yeah, house tricks


House tricks
What kicks
It sticks
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

House tricks
Yeah, yeah, yeah
House tricks
What kicks
It sticks
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

House tricks
What kicks
It sticks
Yeah

House tricks
House tricks
House tricks
Yeah, yeah
House tricks