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The 3rd Time Around, 1965
Written by Roger Miller
From the title, I thought this would be a song about a newspaper, but it's about a celebrity, a star! Well, a local TV celebrity. They treat him just fine in Kansas City, so he turns his nose up at offers from big city Omaha. He's got it made in his hometown: "I got credit down at the grocery store / And my barber tells me jokes / I'm the number one attraction every supermarket parkin' lot / I'm the king of Kansas City, no thanks, Omaha, thanks a lot." It's a very funny song, sung in a brisk, rollicking style, with even a little genuine yodeling thrown in.
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