Soda Jerk (Give Me Something Refreshing)

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Open Poetry #40

Soda Jerk (Give Me Something Refreshing)

Mistletoe Angel

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0 posted 2007-06-23 05:12 PM

(Here's a summer ditty I wrote last year, which I was inspired to write from my fond memories of spending time at a now-closed soda jerk during lunch periods in high school.

When I attended the old Denver Academy campus (the campus had moved to a new location in 2001 for expansion purposes) I always loved walking four-and-a-half blocks down Mississippi Avenue toward the West Washington Park Commerical District, where there was a cute lil' soda jerk called the Soda Rock. There, seasonal chili was a favorite of mine, and also loved trying all kinds of different novelty sodas (yep, some of the sodas in this song are NOT made up, including the celery soda, LOL! )

Sadly, "Soda Rock" has since closed due to lease, but nonetheless I believe there remains a fond love and nostalgia for such lil' shops, and so here's an anthem for all those soda jerks (and jerkettes) in heart, yay! )

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Soda Jerk (Give Me Something Refreshing)
By: Noah Eaton
6/18/06

Hey, Mr. Soda Jerk,
what’s buzzin’, cuzzin?

(Ah, hey there, Gunther Toody,
and what can I get for you today?)

(Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray, Pops,
and keep ‘em comin’!)
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.
.
Give me something refreshing,
give me something great,
give me something refreshing,
to quench me this hot summer day!
Give me something refreshing,
give me something with ice,
give me something refreshing,
that’ll leave me kickin’ on cloud nine!

Hey, Mr. Soda Jerk,
what’s you tale, nightingale,
fix me something,
that’ll make my taste buds wail!
(Illuminate me with your illuminations!)
Puts in time and a half with a belly laugh,
makes music shakin’ each carafe,
just rev up that fountain jet,
and use your imagination!

Give me something refreshing,
give me something great,
give me something refreshing,
to quench me this hot summer day!
Give me something refreshing,
give me something with ice,
give me something refreshing,
that’ll leave me kickin’ on cloud nine!

Watch him work that ice maker,
just like a high school paper maker,
he’s got more stamina,
than a thousand pledge takers!
Watch him work that ice maker,
just like a high school paper maker,
he’s got more stamina,
than a thousand pledge takers!)

Hey, Mr. Soda Jerk,
what’s you tale, nightingale,
fix me something,
that’ll make my taste buds wail!
(Go ahead and razz my berries!)
I’ve got a hot date,
at a quarter to eight,
and I’ve got a bent eight,
that’s got me made in the shade!
(Top this bash with a maraschino cherry!)

Give me something refreshing,
give me something great,
give me something refreshing,
to quench me this hot summer day!
Give me something refreshing,
give me something with ice,
give me something refreshing,
that’ll leave me kickin’ on cloud nine!

(Make it smooth and sturdy,
rich like Richie Rich,
sweet like sugarcane,
mild like Milo & Otis…)
.
.
.
Got any tonics,
that’ll send my tongue down the conga line,
how about a sample,
of Pink Love Potion #9,
or something to agitate the gravel,
make me a souped up goof,
maybe a longneck,
of Siberian sun ginseng brew,
in fact I’m feelin’ a bit outlandish,
can you make a brussel sprouts smoothie,
Ciscoe the TV gardener said if I eat ‘em,
I’ll be as handsome a stud as yours truly,
How about a Purple Yam malt,
or a Turkey & Gravy-flavored potation,
maybe a Kim-Chee infusion,
or a Wild Atlantic Salmon temptation?

(Let me show you how the Soda Jerk does it,
belly up to the bar!)

First, we’re gonna twist it, choke it like that,
twist it, choke it like this,
and then make it crackle out loud,
righto, we’re gonna twist it, choke it,
make it crackle out loud,
split one, shoot it yellow,
shoot one from the south.
We’re gonna twist it, choke it like that,
twist it, choke it like this,
and then make it crackle out loud,
righto, we’re gonna twist it, choke it,
make it crackle out loud,
split one, shoot it yellow,
shoot one from the south!

Watch him work that ice maker,
just like a high school paper maker,
he’s got more stamina,
than a thousand pledge takers!
Watch him work that ice maker,
just like a high school paper maker,
he’s got more stamina,
than a thousand pledge takers!)

(Good luck, kid,
I hope your date is a blast,
don’t forget your mirror warmer,
wow, that sure brings me back…

…how about my Hoboken Special for the road?)

Give me something refreshing,
give me something great,
give me something refreshing,
to quench me this hot summer day!
Give me something refreshing,
give me something with ice,
give me something refreshing,
that’ll leave me kickin’ on cloud nine!
.
.
.
(ding ding ding)
.
.
.
(Hey, Soda Jerk,
what’s the word from the bird?)

(Goin’ steady, buddy,
how ‘bout a Dusty Miller?)

(Thanks, Pops,
and keep ‘em comin’!)

"If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other"

Mother Teresa

Earth Angel
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1 posted 2007-06-23 05:36 PM

I have fond memories of a quaint, retro soda shop in the town where I went to high school. It was a great teen hangout.

Gosh, my mouth is watering just at the thought of those ice cream sodas! There weren't the varieties that you gastronomically described. I usually had a chocolate or banana one.

Come to think of it, a celery soda wouldn't be half bad if it had green tea ice cream and lots of fresh ginger it in! Yum!

Love your summer poetic treats, my fun-ny friend!

Happy Summer hugs,

Linda

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