That's the Game

demo coming soon! finally got the bridge worked out, i think.

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

you can take me out 
she had me at the crack of the bat
i don't care if i never get back

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. DannyOBrien 10:43, 18 November 2007 (PST)