I Like to Recognize the Tune歌词

John Pizarrelli - I Like to Recognize the Tune

I like to recognize the tune
I want 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?
Is it static?
Must you bury the tune?

A guy named Tony
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?


[Interlude]


But the melody is ... under
There isn't anyone immune
They kill the Arthur Schwartzes and the Glinkas
Don't be stinkers
Must you bury the tune?