I spend my days shaking hands Forgetting names, recycling cans: a comedian There’s trouble in our nation’s capitol My blues are black, my belly’s full A comedian is someone who tells jokes It’s lunchtime fix a pal a drink It’s nap-time paint the casket pink Gut thee from me all half-wit-dim-wit souls Happy Hanukkah. Ho-ho-ho A comedian is someone who tells jokes I wrote a check to save a whale And like I said it’s in the mail A comedian is someone who tells jokes