Discover the story of the song > Introduction Short Songs – Allan Sherman

The protagonist is introducing himself on stage with John Ascuaga at a casino. He mentions that he works there but is actually losing money. He comments on the nice dealers but complains that the dice games are not fair. Then he thanks the audience for being beautiful. He mentions that a lot of performers say they are happy to be there even if they don't mean it, but he sincerely flew into town and is glad to be there. He talks about singing songs and mentions that one song was written for him by Elizabeth Taylor. Finally, he says that the song is short because she didn't have time to write a long one.