3211
There’s an old man sittin’ next to me
[Actually, I know the song quite well, having done it at karaoke, many times, with at least one girl I was dating in real life. But of course, we were acting, like Meat Loaf does with Karla De Vito in the video. But I never read the lyrics like we had to do for this. The Phil Rizzuto commentary continues to be priceless though, and my girlfriend and I had a lot of fun with that.]
3212
Makin’ love to his tonic and gin.
[Finally, a song that I actually like, with lyrics that make sense on their own.]
3213
He says, "Son, can you play me a memory?
[It came on my car radio yesterday, and I remember thinking, “That would be a good one for Count to a Million.”]
3214
I’m not really sure how it goes
[We can’t do the stuff I hear on my car radio.]
3215
But it’s sad and it’s sweet and I knew it complete
[I’m afraid to ask what you hear on your car radio.]
3216
When I wore a younger man’s clothes.
[I haven’t listened to music on my car radio in years. Thank Zeus for iTunes.]
3217
La, la, la, di, dee, da…
[or the all-oldies-all-the-time station in my area]
-“BB”-
3218
La, la, di, dee, da, da, dum
[It’s the seventies satellite radio channel in my car. Or the sixties or eighties channel.]
3219
Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
[I only listen to a classical music station in the car. Not much with lyrics.]
3220
Sing us a song tonight
[Sounds like we might do the final chorale of Beethoven’s Ninth, or the final movement of Handel’s Messiah.]
3221
Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody
[How 'bout an entire opera?
]
3222
And you got us feeling’ alright.
[Heck, we could do the entire Ring Cycle and still be barely started.]
3223
Now John at the bar is a friend of mine
[We tried “The Song of Hiawatha,” but that one was just too long.]
3224
He gets me my drinks for free
[Let’s just stick with songs.]
3225
And he’s quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
3226
But there’s some place that he’d rather be
3227
He says, “Bill, I believe this is killing me”
3228
As the smile ran away from his face