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The Players and the Game

from Playing For Time - NEW ALBUM by Terence Blacker

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Maybe it's this glass of wine or the time of day
But the ghosts are out tonight.
I see a boy, a ukulele, he's smiling as he plays
In the fading light.
And as he's looks on down the road
Waiting, out of frame,
In the shadows, through the trees are
The players and the game.

He plays an old-time three-chord tune
'My Darling Ellie Rhee'
About the fields of yellow corn
Down in Tennessee.
And somewhere way on down that road
Is the man that he became.
If he knew then what he knows now
About the players and the game.

And sure enough, his time will come and he'll play his part
In the thick of it at last.
He'll cut the deals and get along, he'll break heads and hearts
For the game is hard and fast. ***
And when you play, you play to win
In that there is no shame
Except for those in the way
Of the players and the game.

So welcome to this ship of fools - keep just one thing in mind,
It's the oldest of the oldest rules - my babies, please be kind.

He'll think that it will never end, the way that game is played, ***
It never stopped or slowed
But one day he'll find himself, all alone again
As they dance on down the road.
And so it turns and turns and turns,
So different, so the same.
If I knew then what I know now
About the players and the game.
So carry me back to Tennessee, that's where I long to be
Amid the fields of yellow corn with my darling Ellie Rhee.

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from Playing For Time - NEW ALBUM, released March 27, 2020
Terence Blacker - vocals, guitar, ukulele

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Terence Blacker England, UK

'Classic folk blues in the making.'
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'We need cheering up right now and this singer-songwriter, sometimes tender, sometimes sardonic, is just the ticket.' SUNDAY TIMES

Huge fun... it put a big smile on my face.'
TOM ROBINSON, BBC6 Music

'One enormously satisfying album.... humorous, beautiful, deadly, a real treat for the senses.'
LIVERPOOL SOUND AND VISION ... more

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