Andy and Renee + Hard Rain

Quit Playing Hard To Get
(© Andy Hill)
Warning: Song contains catchy, but effective
rejoinder to be deployed against aggressive suitors.

I don’t know why it is I keep believing
That there’s something more to you behind that smile
And the voice that drips with promises of romance
Yes, I guess, you almost…well you sort of… had me for a while

You’ve got the fingers of one hand curled ‘round a cigarette
The other on the shoulders of a drunken blonde
Honey, I’d quit playing hard to get
If you’d quit playing so hard to want

Little lady, can I buy you a scotch and sofa?
You can have it now, or whenever you want it
No thank you kindly sir, you can stay just where you were
I’ll sit here safe and sure and nurse this gin and platonic

Cause you’ve got one hand on a pool cue, and the other on the hips
Of a co-ed with the body built to flaunt
Honey, I’d quit playing hard to get
If you’d quit playing so hard to want

All my friends agree that with you they didn’t see
The price they’d pay tomorrow for the past
Now the morning is much clearer
Though the evening’s not as fun as
The few we shared with you,
Yeah you, the gorgeous dumbass with…

One hand stained with whisky the other on the thigh
Of a wide-eyed, giggling debutante
Honey, I’d quit playing hard to get tomorrow if tonight
You’d quit playing so hard to want
Honey, I’d quit playing hard to get tomorrow if tonight
You’d quit playing so hard to want

Vocals: Renee & Andy
Acoustic Guitar: Renee
Piano, Guitars: Andy
Pedal Steel: Marty
Bass: Dave Batti
Drums: John Hoke