The Minute Waltz

I've got a minute, just a little minute I have only got a minute, just a minute I have only got a minute That is all the time I have to sing this tiny little minute waltz It isn't easy but I'll try it then I've got to say goodbye, but first, I'll take a minute And put in it every note that you may know That less I sing a little minute waltz And hope I can sing with no faults I know it's difficult I'll give it every last breath that I've got within my body Hope that my performance won't be very shoddy Singing every moment won't do wonders for my throat I probably will end up hoarse Of course I will, I've got it down a wager That I made, I will want It's not the money, but the satisfaction that I get from winning money On this silly kind of bet Though this kind of solo wasn't his intention Chopin isn't here to make an intervention So with your permission and no intermission I will sing each note that that composer wrote As you can hear my trilling isn't very thrilling But no one can say I wasn't very willing To attempt a thing that's not been done And just for fun to sing the minute waltz As I sing, the seconds fly All too soon the minute waltzes by And now I ask you, where am I? Halfway through the tune and I'm falling far behind I have less than 30 seconds, less than 30 seconds Less than 30, less than half a minute I have less than 30 seconds I have less than half a minute to complete this little minute waltz But every note that's in the score I buy The sands of time I know are pouring, let Win my bet and honor with the money Down to some big store and there, I'll buy a honey Of a trophy for myself to put upon the shelf To show the world I've won Oh, the second hand is rushing 'round the dial And though I'd like to end this torture with a smile And lest someone knows how to stop the clock You're gonna see me cry before I've said goodbye Accomplishment to complete the song But I'm afraid my little lungs will burst before too long If only I can last this day I won't have failed to sing a little minute waltz