[frank ballenger]

...Because the cops don’t need you, and man, they expect the same.

Now, all the authorities, they just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms into leaving his post...

Everybody said they’d stand behind me when the game got rough
But the joke was on me, there was nobody even there to bluff.

I’m going back to New York City, I do believe I’ve had enough.

——Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues by Bob Dylan (1965).

[Scrambler Bob]

Isn’t Bob from Duluth. Maybe close to you?