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Good Old Boss

from BOSS by Baby Teeth

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A send-off to our "beloved" Da Mare, Richard M. Daley. Hat tip to "Good Old Desk" by Harry Nilsson.

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He don't lie, he don't cry
He don't cheat on his wife
He learned from his dad to be a good lad
In his personal life
It keeps the little man off your scent
So he never knows the cost
Of the backroom deals and midnight meals
That feed the good old boss

When his neighbors pick a fight
He tears their houses down
But he's the man with the progressive plan
When he goes out of town
And you might have a future
If you grab on boss's coat
But first you got to help the boss
Get out the boss's vote

Now a vote for good old boss
Ain't a vote for you or me
But he helps the businessman
And then he plants a little tree

One fine day you'll tell your kids
About the way we lived
Under a boss with so much to take
And so much to give
He gave away our parking meters
And before he could get tossed
He ran off the stage at a moderate age
What a good old boss

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from BOSS, released January 20, 2011
Written, arranged, & performed by Abraham Levitan. Recorded at 52 Teeth (i.e., Abraham's walk-in closet).

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Purveyors of fine Chicago pop, on the bleeding edge of good taste since 2003. Raised by Todd Rundgren, ELO, Hall & Oates, and Queen.

"Integration of FM-era pop, from glam to power pop, bandannaed cock-rock and New Romanticism, shouldn't come this easy, or sound this good." -- Pitchfork
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