"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.

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