Zip

I've interviewed Pablo Picasso
And a countess named DeFrazo
I've interviewed the great Stravinsky
But my greatest achievement
Was the interview I had
With the star who worked for Minsky!

I met her at the Yankee Clipper
And she didn't unzip one zipper
I said:
"Miss Lee, you are such an artist
Tell me why you never miss
What do you think of while you work?"
And she said:
"While I work my thoughts go something like this:"

Zip! Walter Lippmann wasn't brilliant today
Zip! Will Saroyan ever write a great play?
Zip! I was reading Schopenhauer last night
Zip! And I think that Schopenhauer was right!

I don't wanna see Zarina
I don't wanna meet Cobina
Zip! I'm an intellectual!

I don't like a deep contralto
Or a man whose voice is alto!
Zip! I'm a heterosexual!

Zip! It took intellect to master my art
Zip! Who the hell is Margie Hart?

Zip! I consider Dali's painting passè
Zip! Will they make the metropolitan pay?
Zip! English people don't say clerk, they say clark
Zip! Anybody that says clark is a jark!

I adore the great Confucius
And the lines of luscious Lucius
Zip! I am so eclectic!

I don't care for either Mickey
Mouse or Rooney makes me sicky
Zip! I'm a little hectic

Zip! My artistic taste is classic and dear
Zip! Who the hell's Lili St.Cyr?