The Rat Pack
Heres looking at you kid
At five foot eight you stand a 100 feet tall
Hey Bogie tennis anyone
You know I got some learning to do
Because I cant quote Plato Pope or Emerson
I dont care who loves who
I wont play the sap for you
You killed Miles and youre going over for it
I hope they dont hang you by your sweet neck
If youre a good girl
Youll be out in 20 years and youll come back to me
If they hang you Ill always remember you
So Bogie Where do all the creeps live
And yes we will always have Paris
I know what I am fighting for what are you
Fore there are still a lot of guns around town and so few brains
I cant wait till I understand
That the problems of three little people
Dont amount to a hill of beans in this crazy mixed up world
Ill see you in a couple of years
You missed me but I didnt miss you
Ow ya and you should have never switched from scotch to martinis
The Holmby Hills Rat Pack were there name
Started by a man from New York city
Yes im talking about Humphrey Bogart
In the 50s is all began
With the list that Stephen Bogart said
Frank Sinatra
Judy Garland
Lauren Bacall
Bogart of course
Swifty Lazar
Nathaniel Benchley
David Niven
Katharine Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
George Cukor
Michael Romanoff and
James Van Heusen
That was the original pack
It all began in the 50s
And then there were the 60s
They called it the Summit or the Clan
Aw yes I wasnt alive in those 60s
But here I am in the 00s
As Dwight D Eisenhower
French President Charles de Gaulle
And Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
Were planning a Paris Summit Conference
Sinatra wanted his own little summit meeting
The Summit or The Clan
Only journalist call them the rat pack in the 60s
In The Summit included
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr
Joey Bishop
And Peter Lawford
Although in 1962
Lawford got the boot from the group
Now back to those 50s
Frances Ethel Gumm
They called her baby before she was Judy
And now Judy Garlands is her name
Your not the girl next door
Your as glamours as can be
Yes baby you did plant your own tree
June 22nd is your day
And ill make sure to look over the rainbow for you
Just tap your heels and say
There is no place like home
Betty Joan Perske
Other words known as
Lauren Bacall
Hawks called you slim
But you said
He was a svengali
He wanted to mold me
He wanted to control me
And he did until Mr Bogart got involved
And we all know what Bogart has done
Hey Lauren you trademarked the look
You know you dont have to act with me Steve
You dont have to say anything
And you dont have to do anything
Not a thing Oh maybe just whistle
You know how to whistle dont you Steve
You just put your lips together and blow
You said that in to have and have not
While in the big sleep
Humphrey Bogart
Whats wrong with you
Lauren Bacall
Nothing you cant fix
You certainly get a forever applause
Now to Samual Lazar
Whose name changed to Irving Paul Lazar
Bogie dubbed the name Swifty
You might have been the best agent ever
Lazar now its time for me to represent you
Nathaniel Benchley
The earth and sky are really what lasts forever
Those books you wrote
Depicting animals and history
Are truly amazing
And I will speakeasy of you
James David Graham Niven
Born on St Davids day
Were you born in Kirriemuir Scotland
Leave the war behind you
Its good to have champagne on your knees
And im glad you fulfilled almost all your dreams
Ive been lucky enough to win an Oscar
Write a best seller
My other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre
The only way thats going to happen
Is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemens lavatory
Katharine Hepburn
I guess you like cold water
The bitterer the medicine the better it was for you
But ask Jason Alexander thats not always a good thing
You might have fallen in the big pond
But you got right back up
And during the bill of endorsement you said
If you do that again Im going to stop acting
John Barrymore replied I wasnt aware that youd started my dear
What a work ethic and what an icon you are
The Philadelphia story
I would like to see the 12 stones
I remember walking as a child
It was not customary to say you were fatigued
It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition
Twenty five films in five years
That is an accomplishment Spencer Tracy
You could really fill any role
One of the greatest you are
Know your lines and dont bump into the furniture
Hey Spencer could you be a director
I couldnt be a director because I couldnt put up with the actors
I dont have the patience
Why Id probably kill the actors
Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses
Your nine films with Hepburn
What a list of movies you have
George Cukor
You sure brought in the sugar
The queens of Hollywood
After 50 years of directing
It amazes me
From New York to Chicago
To Rochester to Hollywood
Im not surprised your last film was called
Rich and famous
Michael Romanoff
I shall call prince Michael
My dear fellow
The flamboyant Romanoff
When is the restaurant going to reopen
Say when is that the broadway show
That Malacca cane
That monocle
The waxed mustache
Where did you come from
Jimmy Van Heusen
Or Arthur Williams
You get names from shirt companies
Van Heusen that is
You were nominated for an academy award
14 times in 12 years for best song
What a writer you are
Come fly with me
The next generation brought
The Summit or The Clan
Dino Paul Crocetti
Known as Dean Martin
From a steelworker to a boxer
You billed the name kid crocett
Started singing at the metropolitan
Billed himself as Dino Martini
After the famous Nino Martini
So what if the mafia wanted to kill you
Dean Martin was the name you used
After singing for Sammy Watkins
Hey Jerry Lewis meet Dean Martin
But Dean go on your own for a little
Because everybody loves somebody
With a smooth style you serenade woman
The Dean Martin show begun
So lock your self in an elevator
And come out a new man
And let everyone take a ride on
Dean Martins Drive
What up Sammy Davis Jr
Dancing in the Will Mastin Trio
Sammy use your talent
My talent was the weapon
The power the way for me to fight
It was the one way I might hope to affect a mans thinking
You can sing dance and even play a few instruments
You can act tell a joke you could do it all
Knocking down barriers where ever you go
You will always be remembered for putting on a show
Joey Bishop you have been there all along
Born Joseph Lieberman Gottlieb
From a small baby you became a strong man
You became a Bishop in the Bishops Trio
The straight man
Might be the greatest comedian of all time
You had your own show
Regis was your side kick
On the Joey Bishop Show
What an amazing entertainer
You son of a gun
Peter Lawford
Nicknamed Pierrot
You attempted to run through a glass door
But that didnt stop you from
Introducing Marilyn Monroe to sing
Happy birthday mr president
To brother in law JFK
A great socialite but
What secrets do you know
Now we cant forget Frank Sinatra
Maybe the finest singer ever
And you sure did it
My way
Hoboken four O the Hoboken four
Then the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Those bobby soxers sure loved you after
Ill never smile again
I sense some smiles were ahead
An audience you sure can grab
A psychopath you sure could play
Most popular attraction in Vegas
Shirley MacLaine she was there to
Oceans eleven im coming for you
A man with connections
Im losing
The best is yet to come
(Poetry to Grow a Tree)
Heres looking at you kid
At five foot eight you stand a 100 feet tall
Hey Bogie tennis anyone
You know I got some learning to do
Because I cant quote Plato Pope or Emerson
I dont care who loves who
I wont play the sap for you
You killed Miles and youre going over for it
I hope they dont hang you by your sweet neck
If youre a good girl
Youll be out in 20 years and youll come back to me
If they hang you Ill always remember you
So Bogie Where do all the creeps live
And yes we will always have Paris
I know what I am fighting for what are you
Fore there are still a lot of guns around town and so few brains
I cant wait till I understand
That the problems of three little people
Dont amount to a hill of beans in this crazy mixed up world
Ill see you in a couple of years
You missed me but I didnt miss you
Ow ya and you should have never switched from scotch to martinis
The Holmby Hills Rat Pack were there name
Started by a man from New York city
Yes im talking about Humphrey Bogart
In the 50s is all began
With the list that Stephen Bogart said
Frank Sinatra
Judy Garland
Lauren Bacall
Bogart of course
Swifty Lazar
Nathaniel Benchley
David Niven
Katharine Hepburn
Spencer Tracy
George Cukor
Michael Romanoff and
James Van Heusen
That was the original pack
It all began in the 50s
And then there were the 60s
They called it the Summit or the Clan
Aw yes I wasnt alive in those 60s
But here I am in the 00s
As Dwight D Eisenhower
French President Charles de Gaulle
And Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev
Were planning a Paris Summit Conference
Sinatra wanted his own little summit meeting
The Summit or The Clan
Only journalist call them the rat pack in the 60s
In The Summit included
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr
Joey Bishop
And Peter Lawford
Although in 1962
Lawford got the boot from the group
Now back to those 50s
Frances Ethel Gumm
They called her baby before she was Judy
And now Judy Garlands is her name
Your not the girl next door
Your as glamours as can be
Yes baby you did plant your own tree
June 22nd is your day
And ill make sure to look over the rainbow for you
Just tap your heels and say
There is no place like home
Betty Joan Perske
Other words known as
Lauren Bacall
Hawks called you slim
But you said
He was a svengali
He wanted to mold me
He wanted to control me
And he did until Mr Bogart got involved
And we all know what Bogart has done
Hey Lauren you trademarked the look
You know you dont have to act with me Steve
You dont have to say anything
And you dont have to do anything
Not a thing Oh maybe just whistle
You know how to whistle dont you Steve
You just put your lips together and blow
You said that in to have and have not
While in the big sleep
Humphrey Bogart
Whats wrong with you
Lauren Bacall
Nothing you cant fix
You certainly get a forever applause
Now to Samual Lazar
Whose name changed to Irving Paul Lazar
Bogie dubbed the name Swifty
You might have been the best agent ever
Lazar now its time for me to represent you
Nathaniel Benchley
The earth and sky are really what lasts forever
Those books you wrote
Depicting animals and history
Are truly amazing
And I will speakeasy of you
James David Graham Niven
Born on St Davids day
Were you born in Kirriemuir Scotland
Leave the war behind you
Its good to have champagne on your knees
And im glad you fulfilled almost all your dreams
Ive been lucky enough to win an Oscar
Write a best seller
My other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre
The only way thats going to happen
Is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemens lavatory
Katharine Hepburn
I guess you like cold water
The bitterer the medicine the better it was for you
But ask Jason Alexander thats not always a good thing
You might have fallen in the big pond
But you got right back up
And during the bill of endorsement you said
If you do that again Im going to stop acting
John Barrymore replied I wasnt aware that youd started my dear
What a work ethic and what an icon you are
The Philadelphia story
I would like to see the 12 stones
I remember walking as a child
It was not customary to say you were fatigued
It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition
Twenty five films in five years
That is an accomplishment Spencer Tracy
You could really fill any role
One of the greatest you are
Know your lines and dont bump into the furniture
Hey Spencer could you be a director
I couldnt be a director because I couldnt put up with the actors
I dont have the patience
Why Id probably kill the actors
Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses
Your nine films with Hepburn
What a list of movies you have
George Cukor
You sure brought in the sugar
The queens of Hollywood
After 50 years of directing
It amazes me
From New York to Chicago
To Rochester to Hollywood
Im not surprised your last film was called
Rich and famous
Michael Romanoff
I shall call prince Michael
My dear fellow
The flamboyant Romanoff
When is the restaurant going to reopen
Say when is that the broadway show
That Malacca cane
That monocle
The waxed mustache
Where did you come from
Jimmy Van Heusen
Or Arthur Williams
You get names from shirt companies
Van Heusen that is
You were nominated for an academy award
14 times in 12 years for best song
What a writer you are
Come fly with me
The next generation brought
The Summit or The Clan
Dino Paul Crocetti
Known as Dean Martin
From a steelworker to a boxer
You billed the name kid crocett
Started singing at the metropolitan
Billed himself as Dino Martini
After the famous Nino Martini
So what if the mafia wanted to kill you
Dean Martin was the name you used
After singing for Sammy Watkins
Hey Jerry Lewis meet Dean Martin
But Dean go on your own for a little
Because everybody loves somebody
With a smooth style you serenade woman
The Dean Martin show begun
So lock your self in an elevator
And come out a new man
And let everyone take a ride on
Dean Martins Drive
What up Sammy Davis Jr
Dancing in the Will Mastin Trio
Sammy use your talent
My talent was the weapon
The power the way for me to fight
It was the one way I might hope to affect a mans thinking
You can sing dance and even play a few instruments
You can act tell a joke you could do it all
Knocking down barriers where ever you go
You will always be remembered for putting on a show
Joey Bishop you have been there all along
Born Joseph Lieberman Gottlieb
From a small baby you became a strong man
You became a Bishop in the Bishops Trio
The straight man
Might be the greatest comedian of all time
You had your own show
Regis was your side kick
On the Joey Bishop Show
What an amazing entertainer
You son of a gun
Peter Lawford
Nicknamed Pierrot
You attempted to run through a glass door
But that didnt stop you from
Introducing Marilyn Monroe to sing
Happy birthday mr president
To brother in law JFK
A great socialite but
What secrets do you know
Now we cant forget Frank Sinatra
Maybe the finest singer ever
And you sure did it
My way
Hoboken four O the Hoboken four
Then the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Those bobby soxers sure loved you after
Ill never smile again
I sense some smiles were ahead
An audience you sure can grab
A psychopath you sure could play
Most popular attraction in Vegas
Shirley MacLaine she was there to
Oceans eleven im coming for you
A man with connections
Im losing
The best is yet to come
(Poetry to Grow a Tree)
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