No Tour Required  
No tour required Or solo set spotlights. No special guests
Or private jet flights.
 
No signature guitar
Or boutique custom amp.
No deluxe twin pack edition
My image on a dollar bill or stamp.
 
Just a pointy guitar some folks hate
Saying for blues it sours the stew.
The jack plug socket keeps going loose
But for the job in hand it will do.
But for the job in hand it will do.
 
No limousine rides
Or TV interviews.
No promo signings
Or advance previews.
 
Just a dusty ply and leatherette case
In the back of a high mileage sedan.
In the trunk is an amp; and a small valise.
All I need is pen and paper
To keep on playing while I can.   
To keep on playing while I can.   
 

 
‘Gator Man
 
He’s got an alligator ring in gold
With emerald eyes
Some says he’s too cowboy in the cut of his boots
But we know well enough to understand
Back here in his bayou roots.
 
‘Gator man
Got to play his music just exactly how he can
‘Gator man
Soon you’ll all be singing with the ‘Gator man.
 
He’s got a high crowned straw hat
With a peacock plume
Some says he’s too gambler dandy in his clothes
But we can’t all be alike I suppose.
 
‘Gator man
Got to play his music just exactly how he can
‘Gator man
Soon you’ll all be singing with the ‘Gator man.
 
He’s got a lariat tie silver coral
Turquoise, around his neck
Some say he’s too rhinestones for the big easy
But people what the heck.
 
‘Gator man
Got to play his music just exactly how he can
‘Gator man
Soon you’ll all be singing with the ‘Gator man.
 
These poem lyrics copyright Louis J. Casson 2011. All rights reserved.

To buy the book on Amazon Kindle go to Blues Hung Up to Dry (UK link),
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blues-Hung-Dry-Poems-Lyrics/dp/B004GB0LZ8/

USA/World links for Louis J. Casson books on Amazon Kindle: 
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