Is there no way to get it right



Just the notes like the writer wrote



Without the trills and the pregnant pause



Or the vibrato in your throat



Stand straight and true



Though your heart is broken



Though you've cried one hundred times before



When no one else could hear



Major sevenths may enchant and charm



When the cats play fast and loose



Wander off the root



To somewhere far away



You're gonna crash that piano



You're gonna crash that piano



If you don't play it straight



They go wild down the bungalow



Wait in line just to feel free



Sing the words to the songs they know



Clap along on the one and three



But the soul is gone



And so is the song



That once spoke to me



Now seems so wrong



And may have been a hoax and a con



All along



Major sevenths may enchant and charm



When the cats play last and loose



Wander off the root



To somewhere far away



You're gonna crash that piano



You're gonna crash that piano



If you don't play it straight