Just heard Keith Jarrett’s rendition of “It’s All in the Game” on WGBH-FM, always an excellent after-midnight companion. Lovely as Jarrett’s solo piano was, I really missed the lyrics of that beautifully bittersweet song.
Many a tear has to fall but it’s all in the game
All in the wonderful game that we know as love
You have words with him and your future’s looking dim
But these things your hearts can rise aboveOnce in a while he won’t call but it’s all in the game
Soon he’ll be there at your side with a sweet bouquet
And he’ll kiss your lips and caress your waiting fingertips
And your heart will fly away
“And he’ll kiss your lips and caress your waiting fingertips . . . ”
That just makes your heart ache.
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It’s not what Charley Dawes got his Nobel Prize for, but it’s awfully good.
Thanks, Mr. Punch. Nice to know someone’s singing from the same songbook.