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Words and Music by
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
THERE WAS A MAN,
A LONELY MAN,
WHO LOST HIS LOVE
THROUGH HIS INDIFFERENCE,
A HEART THAT CARED,
THAT WENT UNSHARED,
UNTIL IT DIED
WITHIN HIS SILENCE,
AND SOLITAIRE'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN,
AND EV'RY ROAD THAT TAKES HIM TAKES HIM DOWN,
AND, BY HIMSELF, IT'S EASY TO PRETEND,
HE'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN,
AND KEEPING TO HIMSELF, HE PLAYS THE GAME,
WITHOUT HER LOVE, IT ALWAYS ENDS THE SAME,
WHILE LIFE GOES ON AROUND HIM EV'RYWHERE,
HE'S PLAYING SOLITAIRE,
A LITTLE HOPE
GOES UP IN SMOKE,
JUST HOW IT GOES,
GOES WITHOUT SAYING,
THERE WAS A MAN,
A LONELY MAN,
WHO WOULD COMMAND
THE HAND HE'S PLAYING,
AND SOLITAIRE'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN,
AND EV'RY ROAD THAT TAKES HIM TAKES HIM DOWN,
AND, BY HIMSELF, IT'S EASY TO PRETEND,
HE'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN,
AND KEEPING TO HIMSELF, HE PLAYS THE GAME,
WITHOUT HER LOVE, IT ALWAYS ENDS THE SAME,
WHILE LIFE GOES ON AROUND HIM EV'RYWHERE,
HE'S PLAYING SOLITAIRE,
AND SOLITAIRE'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN,
AND EV'RY ROAD THAT TAKES HIM TAKES HIM DOWN,
WHILE LIFE GOES ON AROUND HIM EV'RYWHERE,
HE'S PLAYING SOLITAIRE.
A Mega-Hit for The Carpenters. Also recorded by Neil
Sedaka, Andy Williams, Dave MacLean, and Elvis Presley.
SOLITAIRE
Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody
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