That's the Game

demo coming soon! still needs a short bridge between the second and third choruses!

lyrics

she swung her arms around me and
knocked my heart out of the park
i watched it sail over the 
fence and was heard to remark

i thought i was a player
that all ends today where
was she when we were picking teams?
i threw everything at her
but that didn't matter
she busted my heart at the seams

when she rounded the corner
the crowd rose as one to its feet
i watched her smile as she ran by and
felt oddly at peace with defeat

boys don't call me a quitter
but there goes a hitter
if ever a hitter i've seen
gotta know who the boss is
and when to cut your losses
she'd win twenty out of nineteen

who'd'a thunk, who'd'a guessed it?
i been blessed, i been bested
getting licked fair and square ain't no shame
that's the year, that's the season
that's my career.  she's un-
believable, she's quite a dame.

i'll never be one for cheatin'
i know when i'm beaten
and i'm sorry boys, that's the game

music

chords

in F# (or Gb) major, i'll post the chords with the demo

structure

currently: A A' B B' A A' B B' ? B B'

author's comments

i feel like i've finally got a solid entry in the "classic-sounding" "standard-aping" genre i've been stabbing blindly at for a while.

the only line that's still rubbing me the wrong way is the second line in the second verse, "the crowd rose as one to its feet". i need the "eet" rhyme, though i'm not wild about rhyming "feet" and "-feat". and i think "rose as one" is a little awkward, though technically correct? anyway. it'll make more sense when you hear the melody, i hope!

Comments

Ooh, can't wait.