Suzanne Vega — Solitaire

Black on the red and the red on the black It's a tic of a tired mind Come and sit down, won't you try your luck See if you unwind Never use your threes and twos Follow superstition Otherwise you are going to lose Compulsion makes you listen Take what's wrong, and make it go right You can weave it like a prayer Wonder if you'll spend the night Playing solitaire? Just do it again, when you find you're all done Like an idiot savant Shuffle up your luck. You see, you almost won Now wrestle down what you want Jack on the Queen, and the ten on the Jack It's a happy repetition You and your fate in a kind of check-mate And you are your only competition Take what's wrong, and make it go right You can weave it like a prayer Are you going to spend the night Playing solitaire? [Instrumental Bridge] Take what's wrong, and make it go right You can weave it like a prayer Are you going to spend the night Playing solitaire? (Repetition) (Repetition) (Repetition) (Repetition) (Repetition)