Robert Cole
Naked Cello (Pigalle)
She plays her cello naked in cabaret
When she says she has a regular job.
When we went without for her lessons
She plays her cello naked in cabaret.
To the throb of her tattoo she plays
Her cello naked,
When we paid a packet for it,
She plays naked but for a sailor’s hat.
They say she yo-yos up and down
When she plays her cello.
She said music would be her life
When we went without for her lessons.
To the throb of her cello she plays
Naked. (Her teacher said she was gifted.)
They say she has a partner who yo-yos too
And the cello’s just for show.
When she said music would be her life
We paid a packet for it. Who is this partner
Who yo-yos to the throb of her cello?
She plays naked but for a sailor’s hat!
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