The Eel-Bud Freeman/his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra/Ronald Shaw/His Orchestra

Badlees, The Miscellaneous 90% Of The Time (naydock) Ten times i stopped by 'cause she said to stop by Nine times we flowed Like good rhythm and rhyme I was a good ear A welcome companion 90% of the time She was from baltimore Recent divorcée From a man who found fortune In pool installation And you could get close In a way she could manage But never encounter the breadth of her station 'cause she couldn't ever Betray independence Her independence was a personal sign This is for someone who let me inside 90% of the time She worked the counter Down at second street video She'd rent releases She could empathize watching Woman would triumph Assimilation That she felt good was the thing Yeah, no time for sympathy Or mock conventions No chance to leave personal items behind I was a witness She let scratch the surface 90% of the time 'cause she couldn't ever Betray independence Her independence was a personal sign This is for someone who let me inside 90% of the time Tenth time around It came unexpected Though i'd play scenarios For a week till that day I had felt something She said she felt the same thing And we knew that that wouldn't play Well, maybe she lied And maybe she had to 'cause maybe i'd found What i hadn't yet seen But there in the doorway The moment had brought us To a place she rarely had been 'cause she couldn't ever Betray independence Her independence was a personal sign This is for someone who let me inside 90% of the time