Peanut Gallery Tampa, FL "Beans"

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  1. Ronnie G said:

    Default Peanut Gallery Tampa, FL "Beans"

    Back in the '80s the Peanut Gallery in Tampa used to bring in some great small acts. Most ran to acoustic, blues. Most were probably from Florida.

    This song, artist unkown, is stuck in my head. any hints would be appreciated.

    Partial lyrics to the best of my memory:

    Life is funny
    People are strange
    Man is a creature of constant change

    After you've been eating steak for a long time,
    Beans...... taste just fine

    And if you've been drinking nothing but top shelf whiskey
    You find you like the taste of some old rot-gut ripple wine.

    Any clues anyone??
     
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    atmaestro said:

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    It's called "Beans Taste Fine" by Shel Silverstein

    Now a friend of mine, way back in Chicago
    You know, he finally made his pile.
    Well he got himself a mansion on Butler and Sheff
    An' he was livin' in the latest style;
    But I run into him, he was eatin' in a greasy spoon
    While parkled in front was his big limousine.
    I said, "Buddy, you've got so much money
    How come youre in here, eatin' beans?"
    An' he said
    "After you've been havin' steak for a long time,
    Beans, beans taste fine.
    An' after you've been drinkin' champagne and brandy
    You gonna settle for wine."
    He said "The world is funny, and people are strange,
    And man is a creature of constant change, and
    After you've been havin' steak for a long time
    Beans, beans taste fine."

    Now, you know I ran into another friend of mine
    In a rowdy old Clark Street Bar.
    I said, "Friend, is it true what I heard about you?
    I heard you married a beautiful 18-year-old shapely movie star,
    Yet here you sit, tryin' to make out with some barfly
    Who's too old and ugly to be true."
    He said, "Shelley, you're still a very young man
    So sit down. I'll explain it all to you.
    He said

    "After you've been havin' steak for a long time
    Beans, beans taste fine.
    An' after you've been drinkin' champagne and Chivas Regal
    You gonna settle for Thunderbird wine."
    He said "The world is funny, and people are strange,
    And man is a creature of constant change, and
    After you've been havin' steak for a long time
    Beans, beans taste fine."
    Them that can, do; them that can't... memorize Artist and Title