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Subject: WHOSE SONG?:  "...and you were a debutante."  Please Help
Date: 1999/02/01
From: jjs@ccnet.com (Joshua F. Cohen)
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Some years ago while listening to FM radio I heard a tune that told the story 
of a fellow who worked at a hotel as, I believe, a bellman or bellboy and 
saw, met, ran into a "debutante."   The song had something to do with
his wanting her and their 'differences.' 

The chorus went something like:  "I was a bellboy at the Hilton Hotel and you 
were a debutante."  

(It may have been a different hotel name and I may be a bit off on the rest,
but I remember the phrase "... and you were a debutante.")

I thought it was a Tom Waits tune, but apparently it is not, or so I've been
told.  It also sounded a bit like a Harry Chapin tune.  (But isn't by him 
either, from what I've gathered.)

(I'm still  holding out for it to be a really obscure or bootleg Waits 
recording.) 

Could it be by Leonard Cohen?  Help!

If you know who wrote or recorded this tune will you Please let me know here
and by e-mail.  Much thanks.

Josh Cohen
jjs@ccnet.com