Hurt So Good

Etta was predicting Stormy Weather As Ray freed his Seven Spanish Angels Roy asked are you still Running Scared But Ella was smiling and Watching Over Me Peggy gave me that look asking Is That All There Is But Kris stepped in to Help Me Make It Through The Night Willy reminding us all How Time Slips Away As Hank made his entrance That Lonesome Whistle Blowing Bobby was still bleeding from Mack The Knife As Frank flew in on A Summer Wind Aretha was breaking That Chain Of Fools While BB cried out The Thrill Is Gone Smoky was drowning in The Tears Of A Clown And Sam kept promising A Change Is Gonna Come As the Fat Man looked down from Blueberry Hill Elvis chased the Hound Dog out the back door But Brenda had our Emotions running high When Satchmo assured us —It’s A Wonderful World (Dreamsleep: October, 2023)