Tuesdays at the Crocodile Rock

[dukealien]

When you play keytar in an eighties cover band,
you have your pick of the middle aged women
downing rosé in between dance floor seizures, is "in" necessary here?
the kind of gals that make you quit your book club
after Fifty Shades of Grey has been thrust upon you
like handcuffs at a Tampa orgy.  I get the waypoints after "after" but can't make the connection with quitting your book club.

Not to say you don't enjoy their company,
there's something wild in their eyes
that makes the free drinks you're paid
worth the hours spent learning scales
and a tightly choreographed stage routine.  This stanza is neatly circuitous:  need the drinks for a one- or two-bagger.

The only downside is when your mother comes
and you only notice she's there
after you got her friends number.  Aside from the basic joke, there's a lot packed in here.

Enjoyable slice of life (moves one to wonder how the drummer in your band makes out).  The logic of some of the sentences escapes me, but maybe it's drunk-logic.

The last stanza is very neat and (if I'm reading it right) efficient.  In addition to the joke, (a) lives in the same town as Mom (maybe in her basement or over the garage?) and (b) future elaborations such as Mom's friend telling her, over drinks, about her hot date with this young keytarist, you know, the one we saw at... or did Mom bring her so they could see her son the musician, but lost sight of her for a few minutes.  The sitcom writes itself.

An up-to-date fugue on "the older ones are the best, they know every time might be their last," as a somewhat roguish gentleman once explained.

Liked it.