The reading of the song is vital. The written word is first always . . . first. Not belittling the music, but it really is a backdrop. To convey the meaning of a song you need to look at the lyric and understand it.

[Dean Martin] is an absolute, unqualified drunk. And if we ever develop an Olympic drinking team, he's gonna be the coach... Dean Martin has been stoned more often than the United States embassies.

I play to all people - all colors, all creeds ~ drunk, sober, everybody.

You gotta love livin', baby, 'cause dyin' is a pain in the ass.

To do is to be. -Descartes To be is to do. - Voltaire Do be do be do.

Now there's a grown-up swinging town.

If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere; it's up to you, New York, New York.