NO SHAME THEATER SONG
(The Scat Burglar Version)
lyrics by J.J. Hickey (c) 16 April 2003
In case you didn’t notice,
Our theme’s in 4/4 time.
The melody keeps marching,
And ending in a rhyme.
The beauty of a march is
Symmetrical and strong.
Four’s the perfect number
When composing a theme song.
(March Time–nice and strong)
No Shame Theater (No Shame Theater)
Four beats to the bar
No Shame Theater (No Shame Theater)
Anyone steals a beat, there’s gonna be war!
One day an evil sneak,
I’m not talking of George Bush,
Another one more sneaky
A burglar on the loose.
He crept into our archives
And rifled through our charts,
Stealing every fourth beat,
From every single bar.
(Waltz time–nice and lyrical and 3/4)
No Shame Theater (No Shame Theater)
It’s all that burglar’s fault!
No Shame Theater (No Shame Theater)
Our theme is now a waltz!
I hate that little burglar
I think that he’s a louse
For making me sing melodies
That play like Johann Strauss.
But wait, it doesn’t end there
He returned here one more time
He stole another beat
Making me sing in cut-time.
(Cut-time, 2/4)
No Shame Theater (No Shame Theater)
I’m singing now much faster
No Shame Theater (No Shame Theater)
If I ever get my hands on that burglar I’m gonna kill that fucking bastard
(audience sings faster, also in cut-time) Ha Ha Ha Ha.....
To add insult onto injury
And salt upon the wound
I hear his sneaky laughter
While singing our tune. (mockingly) He He He He ....
And then in broad daylight
He’s got balls like canteloupe
He cut our cut-time rhythm
And left us with one note !
(1/4 time–all the words sung on one beat)
Noshametheater (Noshametheater)
Theresnothingmoretosteal
Noshametheater (Noshametheater)
Thisnightmarecantbereal.
Here’s-a-little-epilogue
I-thought-he-wouldn’t-come
But-he-stole-our-friggin’-lyrics
Forcing-me-hum...
MMMMMM (mmmmmmm)
(through clenched teeth) hummings-for-the-birds!
MMMMMM (mmmmmmm)
(clenched) no-shame-don’t-mean-no-words!
(scats in 0/4 time–nice and freely)
Zee bop bop doo dah dit dit dah doodly dat
a skittly dittly bop.....dooo-wah! Ahhhhhh!
The End
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J.J. Hickey [vocals]
Jonathan Price [piano]
Brett Webster [guitar]
J.J. Hickey [vocals]
Jonathan Price [piano]
J.J. Hickey [vocals]
Richard Levinson [piano]
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