...for my roots, I sometimes perform an old song by Dan Shapiro, Milton Pascal, and Phil Charig entitled "I'm Gonna Hang My Hat on a Tree That Grows in Brooklyn." When it comes to ballads, I rely on Wallowitch tunes, the old standards, and quite a few Billy Joel...

...ceaselessly reprised ballad written in fluent cliche, "Where You Are"; the raucously swinging comedy novelty, "I'm Gonna Hang My Hat (on a Tree That Grows in Brooklyn)"; and of course the title song, about absolutely nothing. and not failing to bump and grind here and...