SOLITAIRE
Lyrics and music by Renee Borek, Carl Nutter and Rene Guion

Eydie Gorme with Marty Manning's orchestra; Dean Martin


Since you're gone I spend each lonely night 
Dealing out the cards from left to right, 
And the queen of hearts is there to remind me 
That I'm all alone just playing solitaire.

Love was just another game for two, 
I see now, that's all it meant to you, 
And my heart got lost somewhere in the shuffle ...
Now, I'm all alone just playing solitaire.

In each romance there's an element of chance, 
A gamble to win or to lose.
You play to win, then you find you're playing 
In a game with no rules, just made for fools.

Now the joker has the laugh on me 
'Cause I played my hand so carelessly,
And until you want to share that old feeling, 
I'll be dealing time away with solitaire.

Now the joker has the laugh on me 
'Cause I played my hand so carelessly,
And until you want to share that old feeling, 
I'll be sitting in my chair
Wishing you were there,
Dealing time away with solitaire.



(Contributed by Lou Rugani - The Music of the Stars (WLIP) - March 2012)