{"id":783,"date":"2002-11-18T23:12:34","date_gmt":"2002-11-19T07:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/11\/18\/karen-by-night\/"},"modified":"2019-12-02T14:32:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T22:32:15","slug":"karen-by-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2002\/11\/18\/karen-by-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen by Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:15689,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.jillsobule.com\\\/discs.asp?a=20&amp;t=4&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.jillsobule.com\\\/discs.asp?a=20&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Just a silly little song that I hadn&#8217;t heard in a while that popped into my headphones during work today, as a way for me to start actually posting here again, after a few busy weeks.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Karen, she&#8217;s my boss at the shoe store \u2014<br \/>\n  we sell to the rich on Madison Avenue.<br \/>\n  I come in late from Brooklyn on the F train,<br \/>\n  Karen says, &#8220;Honey, make this your last time.&#8221;<br \/>\n  But we like her, she&#8217;s firm but approachable,<br \/>\n  dresses in style, pretty conservative.<br \/>\n  We ask her, &#8220;Hey, come out with us after work?&#8221;<br \/>\n  Karen she always declines\u2026<\/p>\n<p>  And we talk about<br \/>\n  Karen by night.<br \/>\n  We imagine she must lead a very dull life,<br \/>\n  with just a cat and a book by her side.<br \/>\n  We know her by day but we don&#8217;t know<br \/>\n  Karen by night.<\/p>\n<p>  In the stockroom searching for a 9B,<br \/>\n  I overheard Karen whisper on the phone.<br \/>\n  She said, &#8220;Meet me at the club \u2014<br \/>\n  there&#8217;s a shipment coming in,<br \/>\n  and I can&#8217;t pull this one off alone.&#8221;<br \/>\n  Well, I didn&#8217;t know what to think \u2014<br \/>\n  Was my mind playing tricks?<br \/>\n  Was there more to this Karen then realized?<br \/>\n  I had to know so I followed her home,<br \/>\n  I could not believe my eyes!<\/p>\n<p>  And then I saw<br \/>\n  Karen by night!<br \/>\n  The leather comes out under the moonlight,<br \/>\n  takes off her Chanel and hops on her bike \u2014<br \/>\n  looking like young Marlon Brando,<br \/>\n  Karen by night.<\/p>\n<p>  Saw her leaning on the bar with a drink in hand,<br \/>\n  and a cigarette dangling from her bright red lips.<br \/>\n  She looked like she was looking for someone,<br \/>\n  like she was looking for a fight.<br \/>\n  Then a young blonde buck walked in,<br \/>\n  she grabbed him by the collar,<br \/>\n  kissed him hard on the mouth<br \/>\n  and slapped him on the cheek!<br \/>\n  Then I thought she spied me in the corner of her eye,<br \/>\n  so I ran outside, but all night all I could think about was\u2026<\/p>\n<p>  Karen by night!<\/p>\n<p>  The next morning, I&#8217;m late as usual,<br \/>\n  Karen&#8217;s there fresh as a daisy.<br \/>\n  She says with a smile, &#8220;Why, you look like hell \u2014<br \/>\n  and where you last night?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Karen by night!<br \/>\n  Imagine she must lead a very dull life,<br \/>\n  with just a cat or a book by her side.<br \/>\n  We know her by day but we don&#8217;t know<br \/>\n  Karen by night!<br \/>\n  The leather comes out under the moonlight,<br \/>\n  takes off her Chanel and hops on her bike,<br \/>\n  Looking like Marlon Brando \u2014<br \/>\n  Looking like young Marlon Brando.<br \/>\n  Wish I could be more like<br \/>\n  Karen by night.<\/p>\n<p>  Looking like young Marlon Brando<br \/>\n  (not like the old fat Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now),<br \/>\n  Karen by night!\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2014 Jill Sobule, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jillsobule.com\/discs.asp?a=20&amp;t=4\" title=\"JillSobule.com - Discography &amp; 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