Carl Rubino - Songwriter & PerforminG Songwriter

Lyrics

Jimmy & Stella (Love Doesn’t Always Play In Tune)
(words and music by Carl Rubino)


Verse
Jimmy was a truck drivin' man, Stella was a star of the night
To see those two together was a really sorry sight
One too many bottles had been pressed to Jimmy's lips
And one too many men had been drawn to Stella's hips

Now Jimmy's eighteen wheels no longer fly from coast to coast
Stella's days are over as a suburban housewife host
To say that they were tired and spent was an understatement at best
But in their own kind of special way they shared a little tenderness

Chorus
And they danced to the beat of a different drummer
They tangoed on the dark side of the moon
It's hard to see what they saw in each other
But love doesn't always play in tune
No love doesn't always play in tune

Verse
It wasn't always quite the same, they had different lives back when
Jimmy drove those eighteen wheels for pride and a dividend
‘Til his wife ran off and took the kids, while his wheels rolled through the West
Then he came back, lived alone, and tried his level best

And Stella kept a house and kids and a mortgage 'round her neck
As long as she could hold back the debt her husband left her with
They built their love out of loneliness, desperation defined their dreams
But no one's keepin' score no more, and no one's givin' in

Chorus
And they danced to the beat of a different drummer
They tangoed on the dark side of the moon
It's hard to see what they saw in each other
But love doesn't always play in tune
No love doesn't always play in tune

Verse
Now they'd go out on Friday nights to a local roadhouse bar
Stella'd take the keys from Jim so he couldn't go too far
Jimmy'd take a seat at the bar and settle in for the night
But Stella she'd get restless, she was really quite a sight

In a tight red skirt that said it all and made the boys want more
Stella’d sit with her back to the bar and her eyes fixed on the door
A tall dark stranger'd saunter in and Stella'd saunter out
And Jimmy'd only notice if his money had run out

Chorus
And they danced to the beat of a different drummer
They tangoed on the dark side of the moon
It's hard to see what they saw in each other
But love doesn't always play in tune
No love doesn't always play in tune

While Jimmy'd say bartender - another boilermaker please
Stella'd be out in the parking lot, she was anybody's squeeze
It might have been a Freightliner, a Bulldog or a Peterbilt
Stella'd be in the back of the cab without the slightest hint of guilt

As the bartender would announce last call, Stella would drift back in
She'd straighten out her skirt and wake up Jimmy with a pat on the chin
They'd venture out in the dark of night, arm-in-arm or hand-in-hand
Each night was about the same, like it was the way things had always been

Chorus
And they danced to the beat of a different drummer
They tangoed on the dark side of the moon
It's hard to see what they saw in each other
But love doesn't always play in tune
No love doesn't always play in tune