Billiard Player Song - Shellac

He cursed like a billiard player

His walking stick upon the ground

Looks a lot like an old man should be

Shakes a lot like an old man should

Off and on he’s been here

Probably twenty years

Off and on he’s been here

Guess he’ll never go home

I guess it’s the comfortable chair

And company, you can’t buy company

It’s a frame of mind

It’s people who’ve been through what you’ve been through

And a cigar

A good cigar now and again

Had his heart broken

By a little girl, she was small

Had his heart broken

By a little girl, she was small

Had his heart broken

You would never expect a thing

When he was a young man

It was like an event

He promised her anything

He never had to deliver

He promised her everything

Ask yourself if you could do better

He promised her everything

She caught on

A lot of people say she’s crazy

But i know, i know a lot of people

And i think, i think she’s alright!

He cursed like a billiard player

His walking stick upon the ground

And she would ask him

She was young and she didn’t know

Why things were like this

If anyone could know the way

He lied to her

He lied to her

With a perfectly straight face

She believed him