With apologies to Stephen Sondheim
A business colleague of the late great composer/lyricist drafted the following. It’s based a on a song Sondheim wrote with the incredible composer Richard Rodgers called, “Do I Hear A Waltz.”
DO I HEAR A WALZ?
IT’S NOT ODD, BUT I HEAR A VOICE.
SO STRIKE UP THE BAND, REJOICE
AND UNDERSTAND,
I HEAR THE WALZ.
DEAR GOD, HERE HE GOES AGAIN!
WHY THEN ARE THEY DANCING IN THE STREET?
‘CAUSE THEY HEAR THE BEAT?
MAGICAL, MYSTICAL, MIRACLE,
CAN IT BE?
IS IT TRUE?
SPEECHES SATIRICAL, CANTANKEROUS AND LYRICAL .
IS IT ME?
IS IT YOU?
NO, IT'S US!
I DO HEAR THE WALZ
I SEE HIM AND I HEAR THE WALZ!
IT'S WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR
ALL THIS YEAR
IT’S BLISS TO HEAR THE WALZ!
DO I HEAR A WALZ?
HEY OLD FRIEND,
DON'T YOU HEAR THE WALZ?
IT’S SUCH A THRILL,
HOW CAN YOU BE STILL?
YOU MUST HEAR THE WALZ!
EVEN STRANGERS ARE DANCING NOW:
A CHILDLESS LADY WALTZING IN HER FLAT,
WALTZING WITH HER CAT.
EV’RYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES,
YES, IT'S TRUE!
DON'T YOU SEE?
NOT A LONGSHOT,
OR A WEIRD FUSSPOT,
A PATRIOT!
CAN'T BE ME,
MUST BE US,
IT'S KAMALOT!
DO I HEAR THE WALZ?
I WANT MORE THAN TO HEAR THE WALZ:
I NOW WANT YOU TO SHARE IT 'CAUSE
OH WOW, DO I HEAR THE WALZ!
NOTE:
I had nothing to do with this other than sharing! Parodies, especially non-profit efforts, do not violate copyright laws. Still, quite clever!