Two Song Set - Loudon Wainwright III

With a monkey in my closet

And a skeleton on my back

I stroll down to my local

To knock a few back

Bobby, that old bartender

Don’t you know he’s my friend

I’d drink me three drinks

And Bobby’d fill it up for free again

Bobby give me change for a dollar

I wanna buy some cigarettes

I wanna play some music on the juke box, Bob

A quarter plays a two-song set

The waitress is polite to me

But it’s just not the same thing now

A few years back, Bob

I was the cat’s meow

You win some and you lose some

It’s an adage I can’t understand

I know what they’re saying

They’re saying I was a flash in the pan

Bobby give me change for a dollar

I wanna buy some cigarettes

I wanna play some music on the juke box, Bob

A quarter plays a two-song set

I’m sittin' on this bar stool

I guess that’s where my butt belongs

Dreamin' about the time

When a quarter could buy you three songs

Bobb, you’re a gamblin' man

How’d you like to place a little bet?

It won’t be long before

Two bits’ll buy a one-song set

Bobby give me change for a dollar

I wanna buy some cigarettes

I wanna play some music on the juke box, Bob

A quarter plays a two-song set