I Like to Recognize the Tune

Some funny folks like to shoot off rocketsOthers like to pick your pockets

Some even kill when they feel the urge

Some just go in for perjury

I, too, have a passion that I can't understand

It comes out when I hear a band

I like to recognize the tune

I like to savvy what the band is playing

I keep saying,

"Must you bury the tune?"

I got to know the answer soon

Is it a cat meowing in the attic?

Or is it static?

Must you bury the tune?

A guy called Buddy

Plays the drums like thunder

But the melody is six feet under

There isn't anyone immune

They kill Billy Roses and Puccinis

Don't be meanies

Must you bury the tune?

I gotta to recognize the tune

So that these crazy songs are on the newslist

I want to recognize the tune

Guys I'm playing nothing but the cool lad (?)

This guy called Buddy

Plays the dreums like thunder

But the melody is six feet under

There isn't anyone immune

They kill Billy Roses and Puccinis

Don't be meanies

Must you bury the tune?

I give a million that I can hear

Melody that's free and clear

Must you bury the tune?

The tune, the tune,

The tune, the tune,

The tune, the tune,

The tune.