I Love A Piano – Caater – letras

[1st verse:]As a child I went wild when a band playedHow I ran to the man when his hand swayedClarinets were my pets, and a slide trombone I thought was simply divineBut today when they play I could hiss themEv’ry bar is a jar to my systemBut there’s one musical instrument that I call mine[Refrain:]I love a piano, I love a pianoI love to hear somebody playUpon a piano, a grand pianoIt simply carries me awayI know a fine way to treat a SteinwayI love to run my fingers o’er the keys, the ivoriesAnd with the pedal I love to meddleWhen Padarewski comes this wayI’m so delighted if I’m invitedTo hear that long haired genius playSo you can keep your fiddle and your bowGive me a P-I-A-N-O, oh, ohI love to stop right beside an uprightOr a high toned Baby Grand[2nd verse:]When a green Tetrazine starts to warbleI grow cold as an old piece of marbleI allude to the crude little party singer who don’t know when to pauseAt her best I detest the sopranoBut I run to the one at the pianoI always love the accomp’niment and that’s because[Alternate lines:]Not only music from BroadwayI’m so delighted if I’m invitedTo hear a long haired genius play