There was a man, a lonely mannWho lost his love through his indifferencenA heart that cared, that went unsharednUntil it died in his silencennAnd Solitaire's the only game in townnAnd every road that takes him, takes him downnAnd by himself, it's easy to pretendnHe'll never love againnnAnd keeping to himself he plays the gamenWithout her love it always ends the samenWhile life goes on around him everywherenHe's playing SolitairennAnother day, a lonely daynSo much to say that goes unspokennAnd through the night, his sleepless nightsnHis eyes are closed, his heart is brokennnAnd Solitaire's the only game in townnAnd every road that takes him, takes him downnAnd by himself it's easy to pretendnShe's coming back againnnAnd keeping to himself he plays the gamenWithout her love it always ends the samenWhile life goes on around him everywherenHe's playing SolitairennA little hope, goes up in smokenJust how it goes, goes without sayingnSolitaireeenAnd by himself it's easy to pretendnHe'll never love againnOhhhnnAnd keeping to himself he plays the gamenWithout her love it always ends the samenWhile life goes on around him everywherenHe's playing SolitairenSolitaire, solitaire