The Popularity Contest

from If One Of These Bottles Should Happen To Fall by Tris McCall

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Well I can't wait
Can't wait to see
How the global markets did today
Got my S&P 500
Not a cloud in the sky
All alone out on Times Square
Watching the tape go by
And as those numbers keep on mounting to the stories above
It's not enough

Me and the boys from Jersey
We're gonna have a little fun
Got into Atlantic City around a quarter to one
I've been counting from a five-deck shoe
Damn, ain't that the shit!
Check the fine young ladies in the baccarat pit
Hey quit tugging on the jacket
No need to play rough
It's not enough

Bankroll Ayatollah drinking with the Son of Shem
In exile in New Babylon from New Jerusalem

Got a girl in the backseat
Got a girl on the Neve
Got a girl out in Montville with trouble up her sleeve
Got a girl at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Got a girl on my spoon
Got a girl that don't like me much
But i'm-a handle that soon
And when they're blowing up my pager, asking "who do you love"?
It's not enough

Is that the north wind blowing, or are you just kissing me?
Damn, I feel like I've been cheating on the girl you used to be

Well, you're looking mighty freaky in that black silk dress
But where you got that stethoscope is anybody's guess
If you can't handle the stress, here's your chance to unwind
Stick your hand inside that grab bag, baby
See what you can find
Hey, wait a minute!
I don't mean to offend
And since I can't play stupid
I gotta play pretend
Take off that guayabera, man, I'm calling your bluff
It's not enough
It's not enough
Never, never enough

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from If One Of These Bottles Should Happen To Fall, released December 9, 2015

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