Friday, July 25, 2025

By Actor Jeff Daniels, Inspired by Lanford Wilson, Pulitzer Prize Winning Playwright

The best damn pickup line I ever heard was by some guy in a bar south of Harrisburg.

Seen himself a woman, she was drinking all alone, I watched him blaze a trail through her great unknown.

He saddled up smooth like a man on the make, the empty seat beside her was his to take.

He said, "Darling', I know just what you think you're thinkin' - Bartender, I'll have what she thinks she's drinkin'."

And before she knew it, he was in control,

She was the rhythm to his blues, she was the rock to his roll.

All he had to say was "where do we begin?

How 'bout we cut to the chase, and start at the end?"

He said, "I'll bet you've lived a life best forgotten, you're up for grabs, you're down-trodden.

Your past is on your back and your future's too far, and now you're worried you don't know why you're where you are."

He said, "if somehow or other they make me king of this world, I'd turn your oyster into a great big pearl,

The snap of my fingers and a wave of my wand, I'd brighten your darkness with a bright new dawn."

And before she knew it, he was in control,

She was the rhythm to his blues, she was the rock to his roll.

All he had to say was "where do we begin?

How 'bout we cut to the chase, and start at the end?"

Before she could say a word, he was starin' off in the distance like he was broken down and needed some roadside assistance...

He finally turned, looked her right straight in the eye, he said, "Darlin', at the risk of seein' a grown man cry...

And I don't know about you - I'd like to live in a place where I'm surrounded by love, compassion, and grace.

There ain't no castles, there ain't no throne, everyone's got everyone and no one's alone.

There ain't no hatred, there ain't no greed, the only thing you want is the only thing you need,

Where miracles happen and dreams come true, 

where a man like me, yes, a man like me can love a woman like you."

The best damn pickup line I ever heard was by some guy in a bar south of Harrisburg.

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