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Mediocre Busker

from Bandito by Robin Aigner and Parlour Game

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In every minor city, every country town, in every port of call
There’s a somewhat lonely-looking guy in a fancy hat and faded overalls

And if you stand round long enough he’ll play a song that really speaks to
you
And though it goes on far too long leaving halfway through would just be
rude

The ladies blush and swoon and smile, though his looks leave much to be
desired
He plays all day, drinks the night away and never does admit that he is
tired.

He’s the mediocre busker
He’s a dime a dozen, six of one, and half of the other
He tell you all about his hobo life
Riding the rails, chasing tail and some other fella’s wife
Ahhhhhh he’ll say, “Yeah, man this is my life”

The children dance around his case, throw dollars in they beg their mamas
for
She can’t say no cause that might show she’s too uptight, or maybe that
she’s poor

He’s been round the world and back again
Seen locomotives, 100 coaches long
Doesn’t hold a grudge for the judge
in Alamo Who done him wrong

A song or two will get you through
As you pass him on your way to where you’re goin
He doesn’t mind, cause if you stayed
You’d find he’s singing someone else’s songs

He’s the mediocre busker

He’s a dime a dozen, six of one, and half of the other
He’ll quote other folks from the early days
About leaving home, roaming alone, all his wayward ways

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from Bandito, track released April 4, 2010

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Robin Aigner and Parlour Game Brooklyn, New York

"Local folkie Robin Aigner croons witty, vintage-sounding tunes with dashes of klezmer and swing." —Timeout New York. Brooklyn's Aigner plays engaging and emotive history vignettes, blending 30s novelty tunes, old-time folk, mid-century country-and-western, and Eastern European music. ... more

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