Solitaire gaat over een man die eenzaam zijn avonden slijt met het spelen van het kaarten spel solitaire. Neil Sedaka heeft het orgineel geschreven en Jos Becker heeft dit stuk gearrangeerd voor fanfare. De melodie zit in de solo voor trompet. De tekst waar het stuk over gaat staat hier onder.
There was a man, a lonely man
Who lost his love, thru his indifference
A heart that cared that went unshared
Until it died within his silence
And solitaire is the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
And by himself it's easy to pretend
He'll never love again
And keeping to himself, he plays the game
Without the love it always ends the same
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire
A little hope goes up in smoke
Just how it goes, goes without saying
There was a man, a lonely man
Who would command the hand he's playing
And solitaire is the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
And by himself it's easy to pretend
He'll never love again
And keeping to himself, he plays the game
Without a love it always ends the same
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire
And solitaire is the only game in town
And every road that takes him, takes him down
While life goes on around him everywhere
He's playing solitaire
De ziel kan de taal van de muziek slechts begrijpen, niet vertalen.