Witless Waltz
Harry Smothers
(Tune: "Witnesses' Waltz" by Leslie Fish)

Chorus:

:Twelve thousand, half million, million and more
Picnicking out on the North Jersey shore
Nobody cares, but we're always on hand ...
*To watch all the oil slicks wash up on the sand
(*this line changes with each verse, as indicated below)

Come along, Sammy and Larry and Mose
Feel the black sand oozing up through your toes
Chase all the sea gulls -- they can't move too fast
If you catch one, you might have your own gull at last!

*...To watch broken needles wash up on the sand

Watch all the med supplies float in from Bronx
John found two condoms and a glove in his trunks
George got a needle, but he isn't afraid,
'Cause who ever heard of a needle with AIDS!

*...To watch human fingers wash up on the sand

Swimming in Jersey is always such fun
You never know what you can find in the sun,
And if there's no sun, what the heck, it's still free --
It's more entertaining than what's on TV!

*...To watch something different wash up on the sand!
(Spoken: Who knows, maybe salt water!)

Written 1994 (11/16) by Gerald Bliss.

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