is that too personal to say?
I’ll wait for any answer that comes.
I’ll wait for any answer that comes.
Did anyone shoot me a glance
when I was sitting on the edge of that stage
with the other gym-rat bums?
when I was sitting on the edge of that stage
with the other gym-rat bums?
I was just starting to climb
the fence,
and West Side Story was all the rage—
shocking, the fate that comes
and West Side Story was all the rage—
shocking, the fate that comes
to Tony and Maria. And I wasn’t
in the band
the night I watched beautiful Baton-Rouge
Kathy sing on that stage while I rested my hams
the night I watched beautiful Baton-Rouge
Kathy sing on that stage while I rested my hams
on a folding chair, with nary a
chance
in the big sexual hodge-podge—
the big sock-hop that comes
in the big sexual hodge-podge—
the big sock-hop that comes
around. I mean, the high-school
prom!
It’s taken a lifetime to assuage
my worries about my feminine hams
(while night voices thrum).
It’s taken a lifetime to assuage
my worries about my feminine hams
(while night voices thrum).
