Bobby Darin - Ace In the Hole LYRICS

Johnny:

This town is full of guys

who think they're mighty wise

just because they know a thing or two.



Bobby:

You'll meet them night and day

strollin' up and down Broadway

telling of the wonders they can do.



Johnny:

Oh, sing it, Bobby boy!



Bobby:

I just did!



Johnny:

There's con men and there's boosters.



Bobby:

There's card sharks and crapshooters.



Johnny:

They congregate around the Metropole.



Bobby:

If I knew what that meant I would agree with him.

They wear flashy ties and collars.



Johnny:

Yes, but where do they get there dollars?



Both:

They all have got an ace down in the hole.



Johnny:

Yes, and some of them write

to the old folks for coin

and that is their ace in the hole.



Bobby:

And others have friends on the old Tenderloin

that's their old ace in the hole.



Johnny:

Why, they'll tell you of trips

that they're going to make

from Florida

to the North Pole.



Bobby:

The fact is their name would be mud

just like a chum playin' stud.



Both:

If they lost that old ace in the hole.



Johnny:

Oh, yes, now, some of them write

you'll find a lot of them write to the …



Bobby:

Just a minute, just a minute, let the man play his piano solo.



Johnny:

But, I want to sing tenor!



Bobby:

I don't really care if you sing ten or twenty minutes, after he's through playin' piano.



Johnny:

Listen too ‘em, I think I make it better than he does.



Bobby:

Well, that's the nastiest remark I've ever heard.



Both:

Listen now, if you don't like the way I sing, why don't you sing …

I think ...

Sing Melancholy Baby!Sing something! ...



Bobby:

Why they tell you of the trips

they're gonna make

over to Florida

all the way up to the North Pole.



Johnny:

Oh, it's sad, sad.



Bobby:

Volare!!



Johnny:

But, their names would be mud.



Bobby:

Like a chump playin' stud.



Both:

If they lost

that old ace

ace in the hole.



Bobby:

Have another drink.