Blind Date! (a poem intended to be a song)

One day in high school, I was sitting in US history class and the teacher handed out a worksheet of vocabulary from the Jazz Age. I used them to create silly lyrics for a song/poem.

Give a good bronx cheer

'Cuz we're so tired of bein' here

You can make a belly laugh

To the berries and the darb

Or take a fall guy to put on your garb

For it's pretty fair to say,

That you're blowin' me away!

Celebs are all the bee's knees

And everyone thinks that they're the big cheese

They could wax copasetic

But play the gin mill

Yet I find it pathetic

That we're standin' still

So lift your dogs and run

'Cuz now's the time for havin' fun!

Blind Date!

To bump off the older days

Hotsy-totsy sights are of our kind

Snub all the high hats, 'cuz tonight

We're a part of the upper class scene

But there's no need for money, see

When hep advice is drippin wet

Well, we'd all rather stay dry instead

Just let our worries curl, the road unfurl,

Tonight, we're on a blind date with the world!

Tonight, we're on a blind date with the world!

When life's a bit hard-boiled

You gotta pass the banana-oil

So just push up your cheaters

We're watchin' the skies

Bring on the cake-eaters

The hoofer girls are flashin' their gams,

This life's become a lamb!

Hop in our jalopy

We're on the way to feelin' keen

And when everything's jake

This time's the main drag

We'll stay wide awake

'Cuz it's gonna be alright

Underneath the city light!

Blind Date!

To bump off the older days

Hotsy-totsy sights are of our kind

Snub all the high hats, 'cuz tonight

We're a part of the upper class scene

But there's no need for money, see

When hep advice is drippin wet

Well, we'd all rather stay dry instead

Just let our worries curl, the road unfurl,

Tonight, we're on a blind date with the world!

Tonight, we're on a blind date with the world!

©amyatracy 04/14/2010-2016

Author's Note

(This is my first post! All constructive criticism is appreciated! See my About Me for complete details. Thank you!)