Abigail came growling on a cold and frosty morn
She couldn't find her feathers and her man was surfing porn
She had to keep a closer eye on plants and desert things
Before she could conform it was too late to save the rings
So she packed up her belongings and she gave a little purr
She walked away from money and she turned her back on fur
She could make it in a big wide world with its idols and its clay
And as she rode away she smiled with only this to say
It smells just like Hooters around here
I have had too much of your cigarettes and beer
I know you just don't get it so let me make it clear
It smells just like Hooters around here.
Aggravation can be brutal when it sits upon your lawn
And it belches past the daylight when the money is all gone
When the water comes in drizzle and the mud clings to the car
And the wind blows like a hurricane and you can't walk too far
Whether barking for your supper or filing in thirteen
The windows still are smudged with newspapers of unclean
Without further contemplation, don't hesitate or turn around
There's another day tomorrow with more meaning to be found
And it smells just like Hooters around here
I have had too much of your cigarettes and beer
I know you just don't get it, so let me make it clear
It smells just like Hooters around here.
Now I can take the weather and I can live through drought
But there's got to be more substance for a life to be about
Than urban money madness with it's cliche fried and dyed
And the fashion sense of morons who sell me foolish pride
It's a fast food inundation drowning me with barbecue
And I don't know how much longer I can stand the likes of you
Tender loin is not so elegant while hanging on the cow
So I'm exiting the slaughterhouse and as I take a bow
It smells just like Hooters around here
I have had too much of your cigarettes and beer
I know you just don't get it so let me make it clear
It smells just like Hooters around here.
Author notes
For those who are unfamiliar, Hooters is a restaurant chain in the US known for beer, well endowed waitresses and burgers. The logo is an owl.
A contest entry
- You like Songs? by Darkwell.
1700 points, ended April 10, 2009, 25 entries
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Reader interpretation and critical comment welcomed
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I have a friend who worked at Hooters until she couldn't take it any more. I've never been in one ... seems too much of a man thang! Nice job and thank you for the entry. I'd like to see it presented with a chorus and a bridge as if it were going to a producer or the artist ... minor detail.
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awesome funny
you really wrote this with style and the messagfe about getting on to better things rocked. i hope i get to hear it as a song someday. High marks! 
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Great piece here
I found this very interesting and so much truth to it .Loved the lyrics parts .
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I like this! It's funny and it makes a point, sometimes you just deserve better than what you've got and you gotta get out! Well done!
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very nice
i've always been told it's the wings that are the claim to fame from the guys i know, anyway i really liked this poem, it's very well written and i can defiantly hear it as a song, it makes me think of someone who leaves all they know because they are not happy to go to hollywood, only to discoverer that hollywood is really no better because in the end it's all fake, or at least to me. great song!
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caught my eye/ear
Hooters hooters everywhere
girls all have them
and men do care...
now smelling melons is a test
men all have the noses
is this way best?
I can see your eyes are open,
at attention men are hopen...
first we'll sniff them
then we'll grope em...
Rudolf
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I am not receiving enough poems to judge this contest.
I would keep extending the deadline, but I'm so busy with life in general these days that it's difficult to manage this. I feel I should withdraw all poems and delete this contest. I save my points for a better contest when I have more time to play judgess.
I hope you understand
Thank you,
Lysander -
Very creative.
Thank you for entering. =]
Lysander on the Moon
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