Wednesday, January 1, 2020

№ 760: Ivanka's Song


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THE IMPERIAL PALACE (December 31)

(with apologies to Cole Porter)

If I had a different dad,
I don't think you'd ever have known me
but as it is, I studied his biz
and copied what daddy's shown me
I use his name, I use his fame”.
I trade on his phony-baloney
My skills are nil, but no one cares. . .still
I do all daddy's shown me
Yes, I do what daddy's shown me
which is — all of it! — bad,
Yes, I do what daddy has shown me
Da da da, da da da, da da da
So, maybe, before you enthrone me, 
which daddy tells ya is swell. . .
if we do what daddy's shown me
this, sure as hell, does not end well

[updated 1/1/2020 6:32 am to change non-functioning music link]