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    Moderator: D-Mod
    Mar 15, 2018
      ·  Edited: Mar 16, 2018

    Private Gig, Jones (alt verse lyrics)

    w/ a Bagel on the Side


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    jjmckay
    Mar 15, 2018

    Nice!

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    Matthew Kerns
    Mar 15, 2018

    This is my best attempt at the lyrics here:


    Well the bus pulled into town

    And I threw my stuff down

    And my feets off and running before my mouth hit the ground


    I came courting my fate

    I came ready to wait

    But I guess I got lucky on the very first date


    Now the days of alms have passed

    There's no more rainbows to be had

    No silver linings shine down on me

    But a monkey on a silver string ain't really all that bad

    Just waitin' til my Jones comes down on me


    Well I was standing like this

    At the edge of the abyss

    When the truth came and snaked me with its steamy wet kiss


    He said you're all in the clear

    You got nothing to fear

    You just aim for the bottom, it's a straight shot from here


    Now the days of alms have passed

    There's no more rainbows to be had

    No silver linings shine down on me

    But a monkey on a silver string ain't really all that bad

    Just waitin' til my Jones comes down on me

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    Matthew Kerns
    Mar 15, 2018

    I'm going with that "days of alms have passed" mostly because I've seen it written that way in discussion of the Thomas Jefferson Kaye version. It could be "days have almost passed" or something like that, though.

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    Moderator: D-Mod
    Mar 15, 2018

    Luckilly, I have a loose-leaf notebook right here with a hand-written "days of alms have passed". I'd call that a definitive source

    Matthew Kerns
    Mar 15, 2018

    Indeed. Thank you!

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    Moderator: D-Mod
    Mar 16, 2018

    ... or for the New Yorkers, a Bagel with a Schmear

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