SOLITAIRE
(Neil Sedaka / Phillip Cody)
Neil Sedaka - 1972
Petula Clark - 1972
Tony Christie - 1972
The Searchers - 1973
Andy Williams - 1973
Ronnie Dukes & Ricki Lee - 1974
The Carpenters - 1975
Johnny Mathis - 1975
Eric Prince - 1975
Elvis Presley - 1976
Chris Kirk - 1979
Shirley Bassey - 1982
Patricia Paay - 1983
Nana Mouskouri - 1984
Sissel - 1992
Sheryl Crow - 1994
Clay Aiken - 2000
Westlife - 2006
Jann Arden - 2007
Also recorded by:
Joe McElderry; Anita Lindblom; Euson; The Hiltonaires;
Sweet Illusion; Laurie Rock; Brian Royal; Johnny Bright;
Siw Inger; Mark Lanegan; Judy Anderson; Dave Green;
Richard Clayderman; Jane Olivor ......... and others.
As recorded by NEIL SEDAKA:
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 every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire
And keeping to himself, begins to deal
And still the king of hearts is well concealed
Another losing game comes to an end
And he deals them out again
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 every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire
And keeping to himself, begins to deal
And still the king of hearts is well concealed
Another losing game comes to an end
And he deals them out again
And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire
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As recorded by THE CARPENTERS:
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 every 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 everywhere
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 every 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 everywhere
He's playing solitaire
And solitaire's the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire
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As recorded by NANA MOUSKOURI
(French version: Pierre Delanoë / Claude Lemesle)
C'était un homme aux yeux de nuit
Au cœur perdu par trop d'indifférence
Qui entre lui et ses amis
Avait construit un rempart de silence
Le solitaire portait bien son nom
Toutes ses rues menaient à des prisons
Il habitait seul avec ses secrets
L'impasse des regrets
Il était juste au bord de la folie
Le compagnon de la mélancolie
Parmi les vents qui font tourner la terre
Il restait solitaire
C'était un homme de nulle part
Dont la mémoire n'avait pas d'horizon
Le solitaire portait bien son nom
Toutes ses rues menaient à des prisons
Il habitait seul avec ses secrets
L'impasse des regrets
Il était juste au bord de la folie
Le compagnon de la mélancolie
Parmi les vents qui font tourner la terre
Il restait solitaire
Il restait solitaire
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(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2015)
