back in my old home town: it's like i never left

an alligator named al didn't have a friend or a pal he went to the pawn shop and bought a laptop now his acquaintances are glo-bal a barracuda named ben was sentenced to life in the pen he went to the bars and looked out at the stars and wished he could find peace again a cobra named constance to her mirror made remonstrance when she found a gray fold and said, i'm still not so old that i can not find true romance a doctor of philosophy named dave took up residence in a cave in his comfortable flannels he watched five hundred channels and to thought was no longer a slave an economist named ed lost his job at the fed out on the street his heart skipped a beat and raindrops fell on his head a fearless forecaster named freak called his brother in jail once a week they had long conversations about the future of industrialized nations and agreed that the prospects were bleak a grumbling gerbil named gerard took wall street's collapse very hard his emotions came out in a rush as he angrily spooned his mush and he said, they've quite lost my regard a guinea pig named pete in all his dealings was discreet a nickel here, a dime there of everyone's needs he took good care and the payoff was always sweet a harried hamster named herbert had a craving for strawberry sherbet he neglected his affairs and attracted strangers stares his appetite - he just couldn't curb it a hummingbird named henri finished his afternoon tea when he opened his copy of the times and read of the government's crimes he was reduced to apoplexy an ibex named isidore dropped his peanut shells on the floor his friends all cried, dagnabbit you must lose this disgusting habit or we won't cash your checks any more