Q.
What is an
Elligator?
A.
It’s an alligator
that doesn’t like
taking the stairs
Q.
What is an
Elligator?
A.
It’s an alligator
that doesn’t like
taking the stairs
“Do What You Have To Do”
written & performed by George J. Raymond
copyright 2015 all rights reserved
A long time ago
as the story goes,
I worked for a job
selling ladies clothes.
***
A $125 dollars a week
bought a two bedroom
apt and enough to eat
***
So I do what I have to do,
I just do what I have to do.
No one will ever look down
on you, if you do what you
have to do.
***
With two little kids
& a spotted dog, who
decided to have a litter.
There were times I wanted
to run away, but my dad
never raised a quitter
***
So, I do what I have to do …
***
As time goes by things
will change, you’ll find
yourself getting older.
Some people will welcome you,
some will turn a cold shoulder.
***
So, you just do what you have to do …
***
The kids grew up and
the spotted dog went
on to meet his maker.
***
I married that pretty
lady over there
she’s a cook but
she ain’t no baker
***
You just do what you have to do,
you just do what you have to do.
No one will ever look down on you
if you do what you have to do.

Ghosts rattle chains.
It’s been that way
since the start.
But I bet there are
a few ghosts who
eventually put down
the chains and say,
***
“Why are we even doing this though?”
Sometimes, in life,
it seems like the
light at the end of
the tunnel is just a
guy with a
flashlight duct-taped
to his shotgun
He who
laughs last
laughs
self-
consciously
I scream
You scream
We all scream
In severe pain
Call 911!
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.
At least, it is
according to the
thesaurus
I borrowed from
Kris Kristofferson
At a nudist camp,
to “pants somebody”
probably means to
slap a pair on them