Mark J. Halliday Poet Lyric

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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.

Suckered By Your Bluff

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.

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