Dusty throated saxophone Black lady singin' blues Too long. Artist, artiste, mahler, painter Planer, strainer, cleaner, make it leaner Fleecer, teaser, describer, imbiber Polecat alley animal With a gleam in your eye Show me the sky Make it bluer each time. Lost her charm, her spark A park with no meadowlark The heart of the ocean old Not as in age But, story told Or book Whose many pages Have been lurked through By the dark.