A couple months ago - way back in the northwest Idaho mountains - I mentioned that a friend and I had composed and performed a song. Well, here it is (sorry, but you'll have to click the link - can't embed youtube videos here).

Ode to Cheese

Oh my hound dog's left me
and my truck's run dry,
Suzy done left me
for another guy,
With the whiskey low
and the beer run out,
I sure feel down and out,
But I got cheese...

What makes the night less lonely?
What makes the bread less moldy?
What can you feel to a pony?
Cheese...

What's like a whale's blubber?
What feels a bit like rubber?
What's better than any lover?
Cheese...

Oh my mother don't love me
and my dog's still gone,
If I got back Suzy
she'd be gone before long,
Drunk the whiskey bottle dry
and the well's run out,
My heart's all full of doubt,
But I got cheese...

What keeps me nice and mellow?
What's good for any fellow?
What's white and sometimes yellow?
Cheese...

What's the best thing to come from udders?
So good it makes me shudder,
Sweeter than cream and butterier than butter,
Cheese...

Well my mother stuck with me
slapped Suzy's behind,
Found my hound dog Luke
left the truck behind,
But the rain's a-comin'
feel it in my soul,
But I just don't care, y'know,
'Cause I got cheese...

Cheese refrain