a gutter ball can enslave a man
and two can make him see
the errors of his proud ways
and so he'll makes it three

now beers have been known to help
when pressure shakes the knee
but drink too many, and you become
the old man and the sea

the giggling girls in ugly hats
are smiling at my shame
but do they know that one day soon
i'll own this irrelevant game

smoking in the hallway breeze
in treasured company
i tell my friend just what i'll do
and that's how it must be