Only Game In Town
Written by Casey Kelly, Julie Didier, and Lewis Anderson, ©1979
Found on
Silent Letter,
Live In Central Park,
Ventura Highway And Other Favorites,
Premium Gold Collection,
Centenary Collection,
Greatest Hits, and
Highway.
Spectators line the avenue
The players step out right on cue
And every night just seems the same
Nameless faces play their game
The midnight gamblers place their bets
The tight-rope walkers check their nets
Then comes the queen of broken hearts
This is the way it always starts
Finders find love for the evening
Keepers keep the love they've found
Losers lose and wind up weeping
But it's the only game in town
All hail the third string debutante
She tries to act so nonchalant
Chasin' the prince of alibis
Into a smokescreen made of lies
Finders find love for the evening
Keepers keep the love they've found
Losers lose and wind up weeping
But it's the only game in town
My window looks down on the set
Each night the players strut and fret
So if you'd like to join the rest
Just choose the part that suits you best
Finders find love for the evening
Keepers keep the love they've found
Losers lose and wind up weeping
But it's the only game in town
Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet)
Silent Letter's first single was "Only Game In Town," a song by an outside
writing team. "John Hartmann came in with this one," says Bunnell, who sang
lead on the track. "Fleetwood Mac was all over the radio then, and John thought
this had a similar feel to it. We gave it a try; Gerry and I realized that we
needed to shake things up. If our songs were getting introspective, then we'd
do outside material." The song was definitely harder-edged than a typical
America tune: "Yeah, and we tried to make it that way. Mike Woods played the
solo onstage as a big rocker thing. But I guess people just didn't accept
America doing that." (Incidentally, the album's title was a sly reference to
the band's fondness for the letter h.)
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