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"With Gene"

Copyright 2014, Tano Music

Words & Music by Tom Sperrazzo

Gallstone hasn't a rhyme

Gossip can't end a line

Flip-flop serpentine for machine 

Nice swap, makin' it clean WITH GENE.    

 

New view missing a few

Slapping syllabs like glue

Hard-one evergreen unforeseen 

Bar-none, painting the scene WITH GENE.  

 

From the storied past there's a craftsman's deference

As I shape the clay Gene suggests a pref'rence.

 

Clef staff hangin' over the lines

Monograph primed with rhymes

Neat treat, velveteen magazine 

Sweet feat, makin' the scene WITH GENE

 

Pass it under glass, see the masters' pref'rence

Build it up with class; Gene provides the ref'rence.

 

Rip rap really raiding the rhymes

Telephone traced in time

Hobnob, tangerine Argentine 

Great job, makin' the scene WITH GENE

00:00 / 03:24

Song facts:

  • Tribute to lyricist, jazz critic, and rhyming dictionary author Gene Lees

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