
The adventures of Jake the Rake & The Bombay Beggar… in the summer of ‘69
It was back in San Francisco in another day and age
In that hippie life most things were weird where the strangest people raged
I had met a girl from the Hashbury hood she was known both wide and far
I never found out why they’d they named her Ingrid Superstar
For I was new a New York Jew who was also half Italian
But Superstar got a substantial kick from a New York young rapscallion
Ingrid took her latest find to every scene they’d make
And one day introduced me to my hero-to-be Jake the Rake
Now Jake had been around a while familiar on the scene
Through him I met some far out types being so brand new and green
In the course of my local travels there I met a wild girl Suzie
And soon found out her ulterior motive was she wanted to mildly abuse me
I’m sad to say in my moment of weakness I let Suzie take me in
And from that shallow platform we engaged in original sin
We spent all night and into day in something pretty great
But that was just the beginning part of my hazy crazy fate
In the morn we lazed and played and laid and mulled around all day
Til the house got filled with the entourage of the Beggar from Bombay
The man marched in with a bevy of girls their beauty for the taking
I got a contemplated sense it was madness in the making
And as I was witnessing all the insanity there for Heaven’s sake
Who should come strolling through the door but my new pal Jake the Rake
The Beggar was pontificating sophistry from his seat
And announced that “President Nixon is soon coming to kiss my feet!”
“Those are the ravings of a deluded idiot,” ol’ Jake the Rake replied
I laughed so hard I lost my lunch and liked to nearly died
“you are a dead man… you are dead!” the Bombay Beggar screamed
I must admit my new found friend was really getting reamed
So Jake and I got up and left to the chagrin of the Beggar’s followers
We figured better to split the scene before the Indians swallowed us!
And so I learned that Jake the Rake was full of fancy quips
So we deployed thereby enjoyed a dollar-order of fish & chips
