Ali-oop!
America has voted, and the next Kenny Chesney lyricist is … ALI. I admit, I choked up over the heroic rescue stanza. ALI, email us. There’s a T-shirt with your name on it. Actually it’s a T-shirt with our name on it.
But there were others that didn’t get voted off the show ’til late in the season. Honorable mention to Augie for having the nerve to rhyme “sit and wait” with “junkyard bait.” Pat gets kudos for knowing the word “scow.” Dale Michael gets a nod for being the first person to ever put in writing the line “jealous of white fiberglass.” And finally, Rob. Rob made his own rules and we suspect that’s just the kind of guy Rob is. Nonetheless, his reference to the “Je ne sais quoi of Kenny’s most melodic of power ballads” shows he gets the music business.
Now, if Kenny would just return our emails…
August 5th, 2007 08:50
Hey guys, wow, THANKS for all the fun, not to mention the free tee. I’m a fan of both STJ and Kenny, so I just couldn’t resist and had to join in. I won’t be giving up my day job any time too soon (unless of course there are any lawyers in STJ looking for a legal assistant to do their real estate closings), but I really did have a lot of fun with it and would like to leave you with one final (I promise) muse on this beautiful Sunday morning:
I debuted my new tune
Just a little too soon
and wished I could edit
Before y’all re(a)d it
but needed more time
To finish my rhyme
I had to add more
To mention a store
Not far from that tub
For hotsauce and rub
Real near to the dock
Where the people all flock
I’ll quit with the tease
So guess if you please
You’ve hit on the truth
If you said Ron & Ruth
For a very fair price
You can take home the spice
And lets give a toast
To the folks there on Jost
But you can’t take a car
To the Soggy “D” Bar,
And just down the sand
A great one-man band
Where he plays his guitar
and sings like a star
I’m now a big fan
Of that cool rasta man
One Love is the place
Where he’s playin his base
To Foxys they come
To drink of the rum
The stories he’s told
‘bout pirates and gold
He’ll swear that they’re true
While you sample his brew
Real thieves with a sail
Or a really tall tale?
A place from the past
That surely can’t last
I wish it were me
To live by the sea
And you’d better believe
If you come New Year’s Eve
The plan is to stay
From a hard night at play
So take one more look
At your hammock and book
While others make merry
As they wait for the ferry
And wait for the shout
That it’s time to head out
A last look to the bay
To reflect on the day
A real island theme
It’s part of the dream
And I just can’t ignore ‘em
My pals from the forum
You can meet em on-line
These new friends of mine
They’ll plan out your day
For a stay in Cruz Bay
The perfect day sail
Or a hike on reef trail
These friends near and far
They meet at the bar
Not out of reach
But down at the beach
where the sightings are many
Of the man they call Kenny
So give us a try
Drop in and say hi
We share of our fun
In the land of the sun
I’ve hijacked my name
From that man with the fame
A country rock star
I’m b-as-u-r.
Have a great day everyone! Ali~
August 5th, 2007 17:00
Bravo!
August 5th, 2007 20:57
Ali, that’s fantastic!
August 6th, 2007 07:47
Ok, Ali now we’re going to expect that at least weekly!!!! What fun!
August 6th, 2007 21:27
Good Lord, Maybe you SHOULD give up your day job!
August 7th, 2007 17:31
Ali that was awesome. You sum it all up so nicely! Thanks!
August 10th, 2007 17:08
What a riot!
(And thanks for the kind words.)
-Ruth & Ron