There was only one song I could close with today - the one that makes me ponder the biggest questions of all, such as, "Well, how did I get here?", "Am I right, am I wrong?", "My God, what have I done?" and most importantly of all... why is there water at the bottom of the ocean?
"You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and blow"
Quite a few of the songs featured in My Top Ten Humphrey Bogart Songs also made mention of his fourth wife and the greatest love of his life, Lauren Bacall. So you might think I'd struggle to put together a Lauren Bacall Top Ten without some crossover. Au contraire...
I will hold my hand up and say that I'd never heard of Kevin Roth until very recently. Iffypedia doesn't tell me much about him either, other than he's "is an American folk singer and Appalachian dulcimer player who has released forty-five albums".
FORTY-FIVE ALBUMS? Dude needs a bigger iffypedia page.
Imagine what could happen after this drink: I'm wearing wings Join Lauren Bacall, float up to heaven's gate Wearing danger smiles. She'll meet with the stars They'll break down doors Those shining pearls float off in space I'm raving beautifully
And all the other times That I wished that you were here And everything went crazy When my head filled up with beer I played that I was Bogart And that you were my Bacall And everything just shattered by curtain call
Here it is The not-so-happy-ending We've done Our picket fence defending We did Bogart and Bacall and now the spotlight's gone and anyway All those movie kisses just last too long
