Lyrics to
4% Pantomime

This version of 4% Pantomime was released by The Band in 1971.

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The management said they were sorry
For the inconvenience you are suffering
And Mr. Booking Agent, please have mercy
Don’t book the jobs so far apart
We went up to Griffith Park
With a fifth of Johnny Walker red
And smashed it on a rock and wept
While the old couple looked on into the dark

Oh, Richard, tell me if it’s poker
Oh, Richard, tell me, who’s got the joker and is it poker

Deuces wild, like an only child
I’ll see what you got. How much is in the pot
You pay the tips and I’ll collect the chips
It’s a full house tonight–everybody in town is a loser
Yeah, you bet

The dealer’s been dealing me bad hands
From the bottom of the deck without the slightest blush
And I don’t know whether to call or check
But right now I feel like I got a royal flush
And my lady didn’t show from ‘Frisco
But we had to go on with the show
Everybody got stoned–it was a gas, it was a smash
Everybody got wrecked, checked. Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Oh, Belfast cowboy, lay your cards on the grade
Oh, Belfast cowboy, can you call a spade a spade

Oh, Richard, tell me, is the game poker
I can’t understand who the fool is that holds this joker
Is it poker

Oh, Belfast cowboy, lay your cards down on the table
Oh, Belfast cowboy, do you think you’re able

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About Lyrics and 4% Pantomime by The Band

The lyrics for 4% Pantomime are defined as the words making up the song released by The Band in 1971. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to 4% Pantomime have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Band and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to 4% Pantomime by The Band if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to 4% Pantomime" means the words set to the music of 4% Pantomime, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to 4% Pantomime and the lyrics to 4% Pantomime are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to 4% Pantomime, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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