The piano has been drinking, my necktie is asleep
And the combo went back to New York, the jukebox has to take a leak
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Tagged: humorous poems, nonsense verse, song lyrics, Tom Waits
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Here comes another alpha male–
a man’s man, a dealmaker
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Deborah Garrison, gender, politics, social commentary