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Venice (Elegies) - Betty Buckley
The former lover of my lover
Was a sophisticated Pole named Bolek
Not polite he'd join Arthur and me for dinner
Looking distracted and thinner
He'd take a bite of his rare delicious lamb chop
And say "Really Billy this has gotta stop "
I'd say "What's gotta stop "
He'd say "You're being a dick "
I'd say Bolek
He'd say Billy
I'd say Bolek
He'd say What
That then was the night I knew that Bolek was sick
He'd say We got to go to Venice
Because in Venice everyday life's a work of art
And must be seen first hand
Breathe deep our destination's Venice
Beauty and pleasure is all we can hope to understand
So Arthur says What's wrong with Bolek
And I think finally he sees what I see
What I see
Well the truth is it doesn't matter
All you have to know is he grew thinner
I grew fatter
And later on
As we strolled along down Broadway
Bolek thought he saw a gun
And whacked a wacko in the a**
Bolek took off down the street
Chased by this dangerous guy
I yelled Bolek
He kept fleeing
I yelled Bolek
He yelled What
And then he turned around
And then he sang to the sky
My friends I'm taking you to Venice
Because in Venice everyday life's a work of art
And must be seen first hand
Breathe deep
The world revolves 'round Venice
Beauty and pleasure is all we can hope to understand
So we went to Venice
Jumped in the canals
Three unlikely pals
In Venice
St Mark's Square
That is where
We'd prepare
To be awed
Here in the city where I feel the presence of God
In truth we never went to Venice
We said we would
But Bolek died too quickly
Second truth this whatever it is he'd hate it
He would mutter bourgeois sh*t and
Please incinerate it
Oh go to hell Bolek
I'd yell like a madman
Of guys who liked me least
I liked him best
I see a gondola float Bolek's inside and at rest
Then the gondolier starts singing
Bolek joins in strong and deep
And all the world's in song
Just as I hum off to sleep
My friends I'm taking you to Venice
Because in Venice everyday life's a work of art
And must be seen first hand
Life ends but nothing ends in Venice
Beauty and pleasure is all
We can hope to understand
Beauty and pleasure is all
We can hope to understand
In Venice
In Venice
Venice
