I actually find the lyrics more amusing than cringeworthy.  It seems to me that it's an attempt to achieve a Lennon creation like "I Am The Walrus", who in turn (if memory serves) was trying to tap into the spirit of Lewis Carroll.

So, although a great example, probably more "abstract expressionism" than a serious attempt at lyric writing.

Marty


----  <audities@smoe.org> wrote:
>
> Marty, you are so right....  funny I just heard this on the radio 2 days ago and it gave me that same cringe I've gotten over the years... an incredible pop melody and arrangement melded to those, well I guess you DO have to call them lyrics due to definitional requirements...
>  
> BTW, has anyone ever noticed just how few WORDS there are on most of the songs on that first McCartney solo album?  I think they'd fit on one side of an index card...
>  
> Mike
> 
> --- On Tue, 7/28/09, Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: Marty Rudnick <mrudnick@marturo.com>
> Subject: Re: Hopelessly Inane Lyric
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 10:33 PM
> 
> 
> So I sat in the attic,
> A piano at my nose,
> And the wind played a dreadful cantata (cantata...).
> Sore was I from the crack of an enemy's hose,
> And the horrible sound of tomato (tomato...).
> 
> Ketchup (ketchup)
> Soup and puree (soup and puree),
> Don't get left behind (get left behind)...
> 
> When a rattle of rats had awoken,
> The sinews, the nerves and the veins.
> My piano was boldly outspoken, in attempts to repeat its refrain.
> 
> So I stood with a knot in my stomach,
> And I gazed at that terrible sight
> Of two youngsters concealed in a barrel,
> Sucking monkberry moon delight.
> 
> Monkberry moon delight,
> Monkberry moon delight.
> 
> Well, I know my banana is older than the rest,
> And my hair is a tangled beretta.
> When I leave my pajamas to billy budapest,
> And I dont get the gist of your letter (your letter...).
> 
> Catch up! (catch up),
> Cats and kittens (cats and kittens),
> Dont get left behind (get left behind)...
> 
> Monkberry moon delight...
> Monkberry moon delight...
> 
> 
> 
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