Lonely Eighty Eight (Piano Charm)
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[Verse 1] I learned a major scale when I was nine or ten On the baby grand in the corner of the mud room My mother picked out Debussy and Gershwin now and then When she wasn't weaving sweaters on her loom I learned the minor scales in middle school's dark ages My dad had packed his things and moved 'cross town The keys were chipped, the G sharp stuck, and the piece was missing pages But I practiced and I swallowed it all down [Chorus] On the lonely eighty-eight The lonely eighty-eight Whether early, whether late On the lonely eighty-eight [Verse 2] In high school there was football—but for me, diminished chords And a book on how to fake a little jazz In chem class kind of restless, in algebra so bored And the hallways were a kind of Alcatraz I took some composition in my first year up at State But the teacher liked that stuff that had no key I never did get counterpoint, so I took an incomplete But the practice rooms on Powers Street were free [Chorus] On the lonely eighty-eight The lonely eighty-eight It was a Friday and no date But the lonely eight-eight [Verse 3] I dropped out of law school when I got an F in torts And I sold the Fender Rhodes to pay some bills The paralegal gig, it was my last resort It wasn't long before I got my fill And now I'm here alone as the moon goes through its phases And the only folks who call are candidates (Oh) I blow the dust, pick off a score, and limber up my wrist In the stillness I begin to celebrate [Chorus] On the lonely eighty-eight The lonely eighty-eight Whether early, whether late It's a Friday with no date But here I am with the lonely eighty-eight
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Credits
- Writers
- Rick Moody
- Fred Hersch
- Jill Sobule