Guster - Ramona lyrics

Johnny:

This town is full of guys

who think they're mighty wise

just because they know a thing or two.

Bobby:

You'll meet them night and day

strollin' up and down Broadway

telling of the wonders they can do.

Johnny:

Oh, sing it, Bobby boy!

Bobby:

I just did!

Johnny:

There's con men and there's boosters.

Bobby:

There's card sharks and crapshooters.

Johnny:

They congregate around the Metropole.

Bobby:

If I knew what that meant I would agree with him.

They wear flashy ties and collars.

Johnny:

Yes, but where do they get there dollars?

Both:

They all have got an ace down in the hole.

Johnny:

Yes, and some of them write

to the old folks for coin

and that is their ace in the hole.

Bobby:

And others have friends on the old Tenderloin

that's their old ace in the hole.

Johnny:

Why, they'll tell you of trips

that they're going to make

from Florida

to the North Pole.

Bobby:

The fact is their name would be mud

just like a chum playin' stud.

Both:

If they lost that old ace in the hole.

Johnny:

Oh, yes, now, some of them write

you'll find a lot of them write to the

Bobby:

Just a minute, just a minute, let the man play his piano solo.

Johnny:

But, I want to sing tenor!

Bobby:

I don't really care if you sing ten or twenty minutes, after he's through playin' piano.

Johnny:

Listen too ‘em, I think I make it better than he does.

Bobby:

Well, that's the nastiest remark I've ever heard.

Both:

Listen now, if you don't like the way I sing, why don't you sing

I think ...

Sing Melancholy Baby! Sing something! ...

Bobby:

Why they tell you of the trips

they're gonna make

over to Florida

all the way up to the North Pole.

Johnny:

Oh, it's sad, sad.

Bobby:

Volare!!

Johnny:

But, their names would be mud.

Bobby:

Like a chump playin' stud.

Both:

If they lost

that old ace

ace in the hole.

Bobby:

Have another drink.