WERE HARD UP FOR CASH

THEY HUNG OUT IN BARS

AND THEY SPOKE BALDERDASH

AND THEY CON ALL THE LADIES

TO PAY FOR THEIR DRINKS

WITH SKILLED, CUNNING PERSUASION

AND FLIRTATIOUS WINKS

AND THEY ANGER THE MEN

IN THESE GIN MILLS AT NIGHT

MOOK WATCHES HIS BACK

AS MIN PICKS A FIGHT

WITH AN OVERWEIGHT SAILOR

WHO'S A LITTLE TOO DRUNK

EVEN AFTER TEN SHOTS

HE'S GOT LOTS OF SPUNK

HE GIVES MOOKY & MINNIE

A RUN FOR THEIR DOUGH

HIS PUNCHES ARE HARD

BUT, HIS MOVEMENTS ARE SLOW

THE SAILOR'S CLOSE FRIEND

JUMPS INTO THE RUMBLE

TO HELP OUT HIS BUDDY

AND THEY ROLL AND THEY TUMBLE

HIS NAME IS SHAMEUS

AND THEY KICK HIS ASS GOOD!

LIKE ALL TOUGH CATS DO

WHEN THEY KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD

'CAUSE SOME GUYS JUST NEED

TO GET KICKED IN THE HEAD

OR BASHED IN THE SHINS

WITH A PIPE MADE OF LEAD

OR MAYBE CASTRATION

WITH A DULL RUSTY KNIFE

MIGHT SUIT HIM BEST

IT'S AN EYE FOR AN EYE

MOOKY & MINNY LEFT THEM

OUT COLD IN THE CORNER

THUMBS IN EACH OTHER'S PIES

LIKE LITTLE JACK HORNER

AND THE ROOM BECAME SILENT

AS THE LADIES GAVE THANKS

MOOKY'S DOMESTIC

AND MINNIE'S A MANX

THE SAILOR IS A PORTLY FELLOW

THIS IS HIS PORT OF CALL

AND SHAMEUS IS A WORKING GIRL

AND IN THE MEN'S ROOM STALL

HE TAKES IT IN THE STERN

HE'LL ONLY CHARGE A BUCK

TAKES THE MONEY WITH HIS STARBOARD HAND

AND WISHES HIM GOOD LUCK

 

YES, I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER WORDS

THAT ALSO RHYME WITH BUCK

THAT WOULD'VE APPLIED

BUT, LET'S NOT RUN AMOK

WE DON'T NEED TO GO THERE

I THINK YOU GET MY POINT

I DON'T WRITE THOSE KIND OF SONGS

I DON'T MEAN TO DISAPPOINT

SUBTLETY'S THE WAY TO GO

IN MY POETIC STYLE

I'D RATHER MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT IT

FOR A LITTLE WHILE

 

SO, MOOKY & THE MINNIE MAN

GOT CASH REWARDS FOR THEIR GOOD DEEDS

THEY'RE NO LONGER SCRAPING BOTTOM

TO FULFILL ALL THEIR NEEDS

AND THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF WHICH

WHERE IN THE TAVERN LIES

PINNED GOLDEN MEDALS ON THEM

AND HE DUBBED THEM REAL SWELL GUYS

AND THE LADIES IN THE ALE HOUSE

BOUGHT 'EM ROUNDS OF MARGARITAS

AND MOOKY & THE MINNIE MAN

DRANK TO ALL THE SENORITAS

 

Copyright 2003, by David L. Heilman

 

 

PERSONNEL:

DAVE HEILMAN- VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND HARMONICA

ZACH BAILEY- LEAD GUITARS, ORGAN AND DRUMS

SCOTT FRENCHEK- BASS

 

PRODUCED BY ZACH BAILEY & DAVE HEILMAN