and my dear, I'm still here.
sometimes just pretzels and beer,
I've stopped the daylilies
Seen all my dreams disappear
But I'm here I've slept in shanties
But I'm here I danced in miscandies,
three bucks a night was the pay.
Watched while the headlines
I met a big financier, and I'm here
Mahjong and platinum hair,
Five -D on Baby's major foes Ž
Had hippie, jeebies, boobies,
I lived through Brenda, Frasier Ž
I've gotten through Herbert
Gee, that was fun and a hash.
When you've been through Herbert and J. Edgar Hoover,
I've been through Beverly Hills,
Reefers and vino, rescuers, religion and pills,
Been called a pinko, call me too,
gone through it stinko, by my pool,
still someone says she's sincere,
Tuesday you're touring in stock
Then you career from career
I'm almost through my memoirs
Hey lady, are you who's this?
Wow, what a looker you were
And my dear, I'm still here
Flushed velvet sometimes,
sometimes just pretzels and beer
Preachers and dammits say I'll be
I got through all of last year
Lord knows at least I was there
And I'm here, not to stay, not to die!