Ace in the Hole

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 their 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 chump 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 to 'im, 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

Umm … 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.