The King of Tony's Jewish Music Lyrics from Destiny by Eli Nathan performed by Gershon Veroba

King of Tony’s

In the dimly lit pool hall clouds of smoke hung low

As the smell of leather jackets mixed with cheap cologne

Leaning on a table a young man in his teens,

sharp eyes, skilled hands, pool cue, and designer jeans.

But there’s another table, decked out in satin white

With an empty place by father’s side on this Friday night

And mother’s waiting hopefully by the window sill

For Dovi boy who's shootin' pool in Tony’s Bar and Grill

Where have you gone? Gone so far?

We still love you even though you may be far,

Far away…

Super cool and accurate he’d win and never lose

Everyone at Tony’s knows him as the King of the Cues

As mother’s praying silently, who will save his soul?

Dovi shoots a backspin to a tune of Billy Joel.

Sometimes late at night he sits back inside the haze

Thinking of the times gone by, those old yeshiva days

He remembers them quite clearly, it was the when he turned 15

Those sharp, warm, embracing eyes of his rebbe, Rabbi Green.

Dovi, he could hear him say. You’ll be a Talmid Chochom, one day …

Where have you gone?………

Stranger entered Tony’s, late one Sunday night

Rack ‘em up he said, I’m gonna beat the king tonight

Wearing cowboy boots, a cowboy hat and talking really mean

But in the dim smoky light his face could not be seen

Shot after shot, boy, this guy was no fake

Dovi started sweatin' his reputation was at stake

The stranger had one easy shot left to win the game

Dovi knew he’d lose and things would never be the same

An amazing thing then happened, the stranger missed the shot

The crowd thought it was an accident Dovi knew that it was not

This guy had given him the game but why he wished he knew

Dovi pulled away from the cheering crown and said:

Hey thanks man, but who are you?

The stranger said perhaps it would be best to step outside

So they made their way out through the crowd to the street and to the light

And Dovi saw him stare at him with eyes he once had seen

The sharp embracing stare, the eyes of Rabbi Green

The two of them stood silently looking into each other’s eyes

Dovi was the first one to break the ice

Hey Rebbe, that was the meanest game of pool I ever did see

But what made you come here on this night to play - a bum like me

Dovi the Rebbe said, you’re no bum, ‘cause I know you and where you’re coming from

It’s never too late to change, don’t you see... The King of Tony’s was once me!

There’s a yeshiva out of town, now a source of pride and fame

The Rosh Yeshiva’s a Talmid Chacham, Reb Dov is his name

And during recess there’s a pool table where students like to play

But no one’s beat the Rosh Yeshiva till this very day.