Suckered By Your Bluff
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I recently have been learning out how to play harmonicas, because old injuries to my left shoulder and right hand make it painful to play keyboard, guitar and flute-type instruments that I've been playing for decades. For variety I bought two another harmonicas with holes patterned in minor keys. I was trying out my D natural minor harmonica during a break at work, and came up with a country/folk style melody and thought of "I'm gonna dry my tears from you". As I developed the song, I liked the line about being suckered by her bluff, and decided to make losing at gambling as a metaphor for losing at love as the dominant theme. For a similar perspective, look for my song from a few years ago called Lady Luck Stomped Out.
I found you gal
And felt so grand.
I placed a bet
And played my hand.
But I was suckered
By your bluff,
‘Cause what you offered
Wasn’t love.
I still remember,
Way back when,
You upped the ante
Once again.
The stakes were higher
Than I knew.
I lost my soul
When I won you.
I’m gonna dry
My tears of you,
Then I’ll begin
My life anew.
I’ll plug that hole
Left in my heart
So I can find
A brand new start.
I was so suckered
By your bluff,
‘Cause what you offered
Wasn’t love.
You had me fooled
For a few years,
Then I woke up
And drowned in beers.
Now clean and sober
I can leave,
And I won’t even
Stop to grieve.
I’m gonna dry
My tears of you,
Then I’ll begin
My life anew.
I’ll plug that hole
Left in my heart
So I can find
A brand new start.
I was so suckered
By your bluff;
‘Cause what you offered
Wasn’t love.
Copyright © Mark J. Halliday | Year Posted 2020
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