“Backstage the girls were playin' five-card stud by the stairs,
Lily had two queens, she was hopin' for a third to match her pair.
Outside the streets were fillin' up, the window was open wide,
A gentle breeze was blowin', you could feel it from inside.
Lily called another bet and drew up the Jack of Hearts.”

—  Bob Dylan

Song lyrics, Blood on the Tracks (1975), Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts

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