Off-Beat

When auditioning for Badfinger

as replacement drummer

all those years ago

one summer,

I scored the job, had the gig

but then, Pete Ham asked,

"Do you write songs?"

and I lied when, "No," I replied.

Said he to me,

"Oh, that's a shame,

we really like your beat."

How was I to know?

So, I composed myself

when it dawned on me,

from the jaws of victory,

I had snatched defeat.

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