Lyrics to
Solitaire

This version of Solitaire was released by The Carpenters in 1975.

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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 solitare’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 solitare’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 solitare’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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About Lyrics and Solitaire by The Carpenters

The lyrics to Solitaire are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Carpenters used when the song was created in 1975. The lyrics to Solitaire have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Carpenters and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Solitaire by The Carpenters. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Solitaire" means the words set to the music of Solitaire, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Carpenters. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Solitaire and the lyrics to Solitaire are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Carpenters who came here looking just for the lyrics to Solitaire, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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