MUSIC FOR SALE

Blame it on my short attention span
I’ve taken all the drivel that I can
You said I need to calibrate my ears
It feels like I’ve been listening for years

White noise that is only good for sleep
Can you make it faster change the key
Maybe you would like to disagree
But seven shades of vinyl I don’t need

And it goes on and on
Is that still the same song
It shouldn’t take this long
But it goes on forever

Heaven knows I don’t pretend to be
An arbiter of musicality
I haven’t earned the right to say what’s bad
But Christ alive I think I’m going mad

What I hear is just an endless drone
Tell me that I have to listen close
There’s a hidden message that it sends
But I don’t think I’ll make it to the end

And it goes on and on
Is that still the same song
It shouldn’t take this long
But it goes on forever

Understanding that
My short attention span
Means that I do not have
A tolerance for drab

Waiting for the killer at the end
I gave up I didn’t notice when
The climax had already been and gone
As just another dirge went on and on

Tell me when it’s better to give up
Maybe when a groove becomes a rut
How many musos does it even take
To make this noise there must be some mistake

And it goes on and on
Is that still the same song
It shouldn’t take this long
But it goes on forever