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♫ Strolling along in Central Park ♫
♫ The daisies and dogwoods are all in bloom ♫
♫ For picnics and Frisbees and roller skaters, ♫
♫ Friends and lovers and lonely sunbathers ♫
♫ Everyone's out in merry Manhattan in January ♫
♫ Did you bring the bug spray? ♫
♫ The flies are the size of your head ♫
♫ Looking happy and well fed? ♫
♫ Everyone's out in merry Manhattan in January ♫
♫ The scientists have it all wrong ♫
♫ And so, who cares it's winter here? ♫
♫ And I have my halter-top on ♫
About The Speaker
Jill Sobule isn't just another singer-songwriter with catchy tunes and smart lyrics, she's one of the more insightful satirists of our age. Each of her fanciful songs captures an issue or irony, an emotion or epiphany that helps us understand what it's like to live now.
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A happy song about global warming, from Jill Sobule.
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