Jesse “The Mind” Ventura!
Former Pro Wrestler and Governor
Congratulations Jesse
You’re correct, you just have to believe
Since leaving the 7th Street Gym
All you’ve accomplished is hard to perceive
Being trained by Ed Sharkey & Ron Peterson
Who taught you the wrestling game
You took what you learned
And ran without shame
Vern Gagne & Wally Karbo
Wouldn’t give you a chance
Now Vern is down on his luck
And Wally’s left the dance
To get a chance to wrestle
To Kansas City you had to go
But it didn’t take you long
To become the headliner of the show
While the other guys went drinking
You stayed in your hotel room
Practicing in front of a mirror
Teaching yourself to become a goon
But the victim of all that practice
Was the loss of Jim Janus who all of us knew
And isn’t Adrian Adonis laughing some where
His tag team partner got elected Governor out of the blue
When you came back to Minnesota
And opened up a workout gym
Making movies and singing
All in the interim
Then some politician got careless
Trying to rezone some beautiful land
You started out by protesting
And then took full command
You decided to run for Mayor
And damned if you didn’t win
You shook up the status quo
Then you gave them that trademark sarcastic grin
You served out your term
And moved on to talk radio
It was apparent from the start
You’d be a hit on the show
Plain talking Jesse Ventura
A man with a cause
Speaking for ordinary people
And basking in their applause
Your life has taken many turns
Since nineteen seventy-five
When you drove a red pick-up truck
With a strong will to survive
You were dating Terry
Both of you young and in love
Then you became the Governor of Minnesota
Whom the status quo is wary of
You were on all the covers
Of magazines world wide
And people you didn’t know
Wanted to be at your side
You’ve been a great role model
To the kids at Champlin Park High
In football you demanded they work hard
But then you explained why
Stay with your instincts, Jesse
They’ve obviously served you well
The heights which you’ll achieve
Not even you can tell
The common man’s train is departing
No one knows what they’ll find
But everyone is scrambling aboard
To ride with Jesse Ventura, also known as the mind!!
Bud The Rhymer
“Bud Dauphin has been writing custom written toasts, eulogies and retirement rhymes for 25 years and founded Rhymelines.com, a site selling rhymes and toasts. A wordsmith for hire”
