The Bar at Trade and 54th

Jack finds solace sipping jell-o in the corner of a local pub
Casually laying to rest his woes on Captain Harry, the trusty bar tender
Harry does magic tricks for tips. He learned them from his roommate, Thom.
Jack had a girl once, Sherry, like Spanish wine.
She drank dirty martinis and was a slave to speed
Dark hair, light eyes and a smile that wired around his heart
Wearing short skirts exposing how the sun had melted onto her skin
Jack would be like Land-O-Lakes anytime she touched him
But she touched him and she touched Thom, and she touched Dick and Harry too.
Jason, the bus boy of the bar at Trade and 54th
Fell in love with Sherry's friend, Amanda
But Amanda had her drama and she had a load of life.
They were finally married in the summer of '69
Sherry never noticed or cared too much when it came to love or lust
So Jack never got the woman he wanted or the one he thought he found
Three years later Jason and Amanda split over artistic differences
She picked up smoking and drinking scotch on the rocks
He picked up kids and sent them to her mother's house
A few years later Jack read in the paper how a bus boy had married a movie star
And under the head line there was a picture of Sherry, his favorite Spanish wine
Harry still serves Jell-o, dirty martinis, and scotch on the rocks
The catcher in the rye of all the souls lost in this place he calls home.