Above the domes of loftiest
mosques,
These pinnacles of death aspire.
The Poetical Works of Lord Houghton, 1876
These pinnacles of death aspire.
The Poetical Works of Lord Houghton, 1876
Take a ticket to Tacoma!
And while you’re waiting for the train,
think about your sweet paloma!
And while you’re waiting for the train,
think about your sweet paloma!
You won't contract a melanoma
from standing in the pouring rain,
holding a ticket to Tacoma.
from standing in the pouring rain,
holding a ticket to Tacoma.
You’ll get your doctoral
diploma,
if you can tolerate the strain
of disserting on your sweet paloma
if you can tolerate the strain
of disserting on your sweet paloma
in your Valley-of-the-Moon—Sonoma—
take your shoes off, taste the wine!
Take a ticket to Tacoma!
take your shoes off, taste the wine!
Take a ticket to Tacoma!
You must adopt the right persona—
fuzzy, sexy, and feline—
to impersonate your sweet paloma,
fuzzy, sexy, and feline—
to impersonate your sweet paloma,
but you’ll stand up and grab the power,
for you'll have your baby all the time—
striving upward to Tacoma,
remembering your sweet paloma.
for you'll have your baby all the time—
striving upward to Tacoma,
remembering your sweet paloma.
