Solitaire

I’m sitting in my chair And playing solitaire And wondering just where on earth you’ve gone The lazy smoke rings rise Like dreams before my eyes, Like dreams I should forget, Oh, I know I should and yet… Your face comes back to me The way it used to be When love was very new And hearts were careless, too. Now nothing’s left at all. The binding teardrops fall As I recall you. I now that very soon The solitary moon May be the only company for me. Oh, somewhere in the night, Where lights are burning bright And other lips are free Then do you ever think of me? The whisper in the rain Can never sooth the pain, For it’s oh, so very, very hard to bear. So tho’ the hour is late I sit alone and wait. You left me playing Sol-i-taire.