The Sound of Muzak

Lyrics

[WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1] Music (Music) (I hear) [WOMAN 1, MAN 1, MAN 2 & MAN 3] Music (Music, I hear) (Music) (Music) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1, MAN 2 & MAN 3] Music [MAN 3] Once upon a time this was a drab world [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Drab world, drab world, drab world [MAN 3] Everything on earth was dull and bare [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Dull and bare and dull and bare and [MAN 3, WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Then one day a wise man had rhw (Then a wise man) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1, MAN 2 & MAN 3] Thought What we need is music [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1, MAN 2 & MAN 3, spoken] Yes [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1, MAN 2 & MAN 3] Everywhere [MAN 1, spoken] So someone went out and invented the phonograph [MAN 1] Maybe you recall how every evening Everybody gathered 'round the chair Every now and then you'd stop to think [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN 2, spoken] How nice [MAN 1] To have music everywhere [WOMAN 2, spoken] Then, to make things even nicer Someone invented the radio [WOMAN 1] Wasn't it a wonder when it happened? Every little room now had its share [WOMAN 2] Every little car had QXR [WOMAN 1 & WOMAN 2] But this was not music [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Music everywhere [MAN 2, spoken] So someone invented Muzak [MAN 2] Softly, gently, never going overboard Every moment now was subtly underscored [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] How could there be sadness [MAN 1] In a world where the grocery store next door [WOMAN 1 & MAN 1] The little French restaurant (Has music?) With all the atmosphere [MAN 2 & WOMAN 1] The gentlemen's restroom and the ladies' room (Has music) [MAN 1, MAN 2 & WOMAN 2] The delicatessen has (Has music) (And your) [WOMAN 2, WOMAN 1, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Office, and your elevator, and your incinerator has music (Music) [WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2, WOMAN 1] Glory, it was lovely 'til a genius Visiting the country for some air (Everywhere) Cocked his little head and halted dead (Music) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] He did not hear music Music, music [MAN 2, WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN 1] Everywhere (Music, music) [MAN 2, spoken, WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN 1] The man was stunned (Music, music) So he went straight home (Music, music) And invented the portable cassette player (Music, music, music) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Yes, oh yes Ah yes, oh yes Ah yes, oh yes Ah yes Now from every mountain to the prairie To the ocean white with sand Everyone on earth is feeling grand Because there is [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Music (Music, music) (Music, music, music) (Music, music) [WOMAN 1 & MAN 2, WOMAN 2, MAN 1] Music (Music) (Music) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Everywhere [WOMAN 2] Everywhere [MAN 1] Everywhere [MAN 2] Everywhere [WOMAN 2] Did you think that science would be satisfied? [WOMAN 1, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no [WOMAN 1] Is your urge for music fully gratified? [WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Now they've got a gadget you can plug inside your brain And shoot the music straight into your system Get the music pumping right into your bloodstream Make your lymph glands Shoot it to the marrow of your very bone! Everywhere you go now you've got music From your tippy toes up to your hair Anyone who sees that glassy stare Knows you have got music Music, music Happy music Music, music Happy [WOMAN 1 & MAN 1, WOMAN 2 & MAN 2] Happy music (Music, happy) Happy music (Music, happy) Music (Music) [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Music, mu— [MAN 2, spoken] Silence [WOMAN 1, spoken] Isn't it wonderful? [MAN 1, spoken] I can think again [WOMAN 2, spoken] Think? [MAN 2, spoken] Yeah, think [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Still you have to admit It's nice with music everywhere [WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Music, music, music [WOMAN 1, WOMAN 2, MAN 1 & MAN 2] Everywhere!