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A Courteous Reply To Billy Joel

I know you want me to sing you a song

‘Cause you’re feeling okey-dokey.

But I don’t sing. I’m the Piano Man.

Why don’t y’all go and sing Karaoke?

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They’re gone until Thanksgiving!

It’s the first day of

It’s the hap, happiest season:

Eleven months without carols.

That is my reason.

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European Medicine

Do you have

A song in your head

That makes you wish

That you were dead.

I’ve got medicine

To make that song come unfurled.

“It’s The Final Countdown.”

You’re welcome,

-The World

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Just Wait ‘Til The Angels Give Me A Harp

I sang a song of love and peace

So thankful for the fallen.

I knew that those beyond the grave

Could surely hear my callin’.

And thus the unknown soldier

And the deceased cream of the crop

Made humankind better once more

By asking me to stop.

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An Unhappy Pianist

I was tired of the piano.

It had a negative influence

On my life and my wellbeing.

To correct for this incongruence

I changed my choice of instrument.

Now I play the piayes.

I don’t have many gigs lined up,

But I think that’s for the bes’.

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I Hate Music

Trees are nice. So are rocks,

But not so much big cities,

‘Cause they are full of people

Whose heads are full of ditties.

They sing all day despite themselves,

Albeit silently.

I cannot stand these catchy tunes

That I cannot hear or see.

And so I moved out to the woods

Are jingles don’t exist.

And now getting rid of the birds

Is on my to-do list.

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False Advertising

They say he played the violin

With a sound that roused the spirit.

I traveled far, o’er hill and dale

Hoping just to hear it.
I was trulydisappointed

When I finally met the fellow,

For he played not the violin,

But the world’s smallest cello. 

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Variety

I went to a fancy restaurant
On the other side of Vermont.
The air outside was a silent mist,
While within was a wandering violinist.

The atmosphere was nice, for sure,
But the cliche was hard to endure.
So just once in every while
A wandering trombone would make me smile.

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Pockets of Society

In her pockets
Are red lipstick,
A makeup mirror,
And a guitar pick.

She’s got a swiss army knife,
A wilted daisy petal,
And an mp3 player
Full of heavy metal.

My pockets used to hold
Similar stuff
‘Til I gave up on pants.
Now I live in the buff.

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You’re Welcome

I can cause you pain
With two memorable words:
Yellow Submarine

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