Band: The Carpenters <br />Singer: Karyn Carpenter <br />Song: Solitaire <br />Genre: Ballad <br />Year: 1975 <br />Language: English <br />Country: USA <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />"Solitaire" <br /> <br />There was a man <br />A lonely man <br />Who lost his love <br />Through his indifference <br /> <br />A heart that cared <br />That went unshared <br />Until it died <br />Within his silence <br /> <br />And solitare's the only game in town <br />And every road that takes him <br />Takes him down <br />And by himself it's easy to pretend <br />He'll never love again <br /> <br />And keeping to himself he plays the game <br />Without her love <br />It always ends the same <br />While life goes on around him everywhere <br />He's playing solitaire <br /> <br />A little hope <br />Goes up in smoke <br />Just how it goes <br />Goes without saying <br /> <br />There was a man <br />A lonely man <br />Who would command <br />The hand he's playing <br /> <br />And solitare's the only game in town <br />And every road that takes him <br />Takes him down <br />And by himself it's easy to pretend <br />He'll never love again <br /> <br />And keeping to himself he plays the game <br />Without her love <br />It always ends the same <br />While life goes on around him everywhere <br />He's playing solitaire <br /> <br />And solitare's the only game in town <br /> <br />And every road that takes him <br />Takes him down <br />While life goes on around him everywhere <br />He's playing solitaire
