Keep me around, keep me ‘round
Let’s go down
To that Dupont Ave. jukebox pad, Shorty Long’s in town
We could run this strip tonight
It’s not time to go home
We committed to these wristbands and these fully charged cell phones
So let’s go run some circles around all those looky-loos
Sometimes I wanna say I hate this place, but I refuse, ‘cause ya
Keep me around, you keep me ‘round
Let’s go down
Claim a booth at Nino’s, before we lose too much ground
‘Cause they’re comin’ round, yeah they’re comin’ ‘round
Every place we ever loved, they’ll run into the ground
I’m not talkin’ bout the tourists, and I do not mean the cops
I ain’t referrin’ to those hard-workin’ men with those heavy mops
I sure ain’t pointin’ fingers at the slingers of our drinks
You may call me paranoid, man, but I don’t care what you think
‘Cause there’s a chubby politician, and he’s walkin’ down my block
And I wouldn’t even mind him comin’ ‘round if the guy wasn’t all talk
So, now I got one choice to make and I better make it quick
Do we tell these suits to go back home, or do we let them do their schtick?
Should I call the operator, send my congressman a note?
About chubby men from Trenton on my boardwalk buyin’ votes
Or should I just take a minute, let the cards fall where they may
Forget the photo op, just call you up and then I’ll say
Keep me around, Keep me ‘round
Let’s go down
To that bar right by the state park, and we’ll wash away that frown
‘Cause we ain’t afraid of no one
Babe, tonight we run this town
So, keep me around
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