Poetry Corner: Rodgers and Hart

Is this song about me?

I heard this song a lot over the weekend, especially since Larry is a big fan of Frank Sinatra and the rest of the Rat Pack. Every time it came on, he would say something like, “That’s your theme song,” or, “This one’s about you.”

He may have a point. I don’t come late to the theater, I don’t bother with people I hate, I do like the wind in my hair, I’m definitely feeling broke at the moment (shelling out money to fix up a boat will do that), I don’t like dishing dirt with the girls, and I do find California cold and damp.

“Lady is a Tramp”

She gets too hungry, for dinner at eight
She loves the theater, but doesn’t come late
She’d never bother, with people she’d hate
That’s why the lady is a tramp

Doesn’t like crap games, with barons and earls
Won’t go to harlem, in ermine and pearls
Won’t dish the dirt, with the rest of those girls
That’s why the lady is a tramp

She loves the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She’s broke, but it’s o’k
She hates california, it’s cold and it’s damp
That’s why the lady is a tramp

Doesn’t like dice games, with sharpies and frauds
Won’t go to harlem, in lincolns or fords
Won’t dish the dirt, with the rest of those broads
That’s why the lady is a tramp