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 kills   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