Pal Joey Page #4

Admired by the great Stravinsky

But my greatest achievement

in the height of my career

Was the time I starred for Minsky

You're looking at

a former stripper

But before I unzip one zipper

I want it known

I was quite the artiste

But the intellectual kind

What was I thinking

while I worked you might ask

While I worked these thoughts

kept crossing my mind

Zip, Walter Lippmann

wasn't brilliant today

Zip, will the Giants

ever take it away

Zip, l was reading

Schopenhauer last night

Zip, and I think

that Schopenhauer was right

Sigmund Freud has often stated

dreams and drives are all related

Zip, I'm a firm believer

Dorothy Dix's daily column

tells that love is dear and solemn

Zip, l can take or leave her

Zip, it took intellect

to master my art

Zip, every movement

from the heart

l have read the works of Plato

Translated most of Cato

Zip, I am such a scholar

I don't care for Whistler's mother

Charley's aunt or Schubert's brother

Zip, had to make a dollar

Zip, you have asked me

what l think while l work

Zip, I've an intellectual quirk

And my thoughts may skip

whenever so inclined

Oh, zip

Zip, zip

l'm a broad

with a broad, broad mind

More! More!

Thank you very much,

ladies and gentlemen.

Now if you'll all step onto

the terrace, supper is being served.

l think that's a dandy idea.

Nothing like a midnight snack--

Just a minute,

my presumptuous friend.

The help is being fed

in the kitchen.

T-R-U--

lf you ever want to make a comeback,

l got some dandy material.

You can reach me

at the Barbary Coast Club.

- Good night, Ned.

- Good night. See you in the morning.

Before l go, there's

one thing l'd like to know.

What's that?

What would you have done

if you'd been stuck for the 4,000?

Simple. l'd have killed myself.

- Good night, Miss, uh--

- Forget it.

- Good night, Linda.

- Good night, Ned. See you at rehearsal.

Of all the dirty,

rotten, lowdown tricks.

- What are you talking about?

- You know what l'm talking about.

Linda. You know

l'm stuck on her.

- l never even gave her a second look.

- That's just it.

This is a beautiful girl,

and you act like she doesn't exist.

What are you trying to do?

Make a move with her?

- Who, me?

- No, him!

l told you l turned over a new leaf.

She's not my type.

They're all your type, Joey.

Wait a minute.

Where are you going?

l'm going to stay with you.

l got to have a place to stay.

Not with me. I just as soon

bunk with a cobra.

Just a minute.

Here's 20 bucks.

This is your share of tonight's take.

And you know what?

- What?

- Get your own room.

Ned, l'm hurt, really.

But if that's the way

you want it, okay.

Sure, l know. l'm going

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