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| Anthony Dominick Benedetto (Tony Bennett) 1926-2023 |
On Tony Bennett’s 94th birthday.
She said with a big fat smile
She talks like a real person
Not a TV personality
They call her Hoda
She said she saw Tony Bennett
Sitting on a park bench
Carving his 94 years on the seat?
Happy birthday, Tony!
Must have been in New York
He left his heart in San Francisco
More than 50 years ago
Urban life has been very good to him
Looks like he's been preserved
In Formaldehye
You hear his baritone crooning
That song at the end
Of SF Giants games as fans shuffle
Out of the ball park
To see little cable cars
Run halfway to the stars
Has become the city's anthem
It would be weird
To see Tony sitting on a bench
Anywhere
Like a real person
Not a sentimental American
music icon
Just Tony, sweet
94 big ones
Encore!
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| Tony and Lady Gaga partnered in 2011, produced two albums |
A mere three years later, Tony
left the stage for heaven’s sake
His music was timeless
They said he had a voice that
Let you in. So understated. So true.
Jazz-inspired phrasing
Singing with the angels tonight.
He was the best!
ReplyDeleteSuch style of long ago….
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tribute
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