Bobby Darin Ace In The Hole Lyrics

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.