by Jay Leonhart
Let me tell you something as we start the show
It’s a little something I thought you should know
So I will tell you as we settle into place
It’s impossible to sing and play the bass
You’re a lovely group of people you deserve the courtesy
Of knowing what you can expect of me
I have practiced but it will not mean a thing ’cause
It’s impossible to play the bass and sing
You see the bass is different it’s not like a guitar
On bass you spend your whole life wondering where the
hell you are
It’s got no little markers just a fingerboard so bare
And lots of notes that often are not there
Then when you start singing you’ve got lyrics on your mind
And the notes on bass become impossible to find
To remember lyrics melodies bass lines and chords
Is no less a miracle than Lourdes
So as I make a thousand errors sit there and be kind
Do not throw tomatoes at me keep this all in mind
Remember this is serious remember this is art
Remember this or I will fall apart
Then I’d have to pray to God to come and intercede
And she’d only sit and laugh at my wanton greed
She made the rules for molecules atoms time and space
And she knows it’s impossible to sing and play the bass
