Marty Jennings, Tough Guy
Channel: Jonathan Mann
Date: 2015-07-01

Based on this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/nyregion/practicing-the-dying-art-of-tv-repair.html?_r=0

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A wall street hot shot fella was walking his dog
Crossing the street, I saw him coming towards my shop
Just out front there’s a quarter trapped in the sidewalk
Mr. Hot Shot bent over to grab it, he sure looked dumb

Back in 62 it was sticky summer hot, hot, hot
There was Bette Davis with her old RCA tube box 
She made me feel things that I had never felt before
They don’t make em like her any more

Nowadays my cable box heart
Couldn’t take something like her
But still there’s plenty of room
To ruminate the way things were 

I don’t take vacations
I don’t honeymoon
Had a herniated disc
But I was back by noon
My wife understands
And my kids are OK
I need to fix
Or I will fade away

She had three kids and a big debt from studying law
She had a 55 inch flat screen hanging on her wall
There are some things in life that we just can’t control 
She hired me to install a stripper pole

My mom Ruth she died of a heart attack
I dropped out of Forest Hills and went to help my dad
Nowadays, I get bagels every morning with the jokers from the block
I’m a social worker, a bartender, a cheerleader and a cop

Be still my cable box heart
It’s a zenith 82 with black trim
Just like the one we used to have
I never thought I’d see her again 

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