[Verse:] Some folks who don't know what to do with their evenings Up till dawn with their dress clothes on they will roam Dancing 'round in a Cabaret Homeward bound at the break of day I have found that it doesn't pay So I'd rather stay at home [Refrain:] With my little book of poetry Let me while the hours away Reading the poets of olden times Meeting the girls they dressed up in rhymes I will never ask for company When the skies of blue turn to gray Mister Kipling and Poe are the best friends I know At the end of a weary day
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