Lyrics
The Musician With No Bones
There once was a musician with no bones,
His limbs were made of sticks and styrophome,
His name was Heffer Green,
And whenever he was seen,
He would play a little tune on his blue and yellow baritone.
There once was a surgeon with no eyes,
She always left her patients quite surprised,
Though they doubted her at first,
They left her office far from worse,
And she listened much better than a therapist any time.
A girl named Sally,
Would visit Heffer every day,
She dance around out in the shadows,
When it got late,
He would ask her in for supper,
But she ran before they said each other’s names.
Heffer had a mind devoid of peace,
He saw himself as nothing but a beast,
His limbs were probably why,
Sally left him every night,
So he checked himself into a clinic right across the street.
The surgeon hid behind her purple tinted shades,
While she described the procedure,
She would replace every limb on Heffer’s body,
But she warned him of the handicap she faced.
“Please do it anyway,” Heffer begged the Surgeon and attempted to explain,
“I need real bones to dance. And this will be my only chance.
When Heffer tried to walk with all his bones,
He collapsed right after entering his home,
He had trouble playing sax,
Cause he couldn’t move as fast,
And he cried cause he believed he was doomed to be alone.
When Sally came to fill her music loving ears,
She heard him crying near the window,
Afraid he’d hurt himself and needed someone’s help,
She crawled right through the window despite her fears.
She tripped and hit the wooden floor,
Her glasses slid to Heffer who was lying by the door,
The lenses had a purple tint,
So heffer knew who must have come in.
Heffer noticed she had holes instead of eyes,
He recalled her as the surgeon,
He said his name,
And she jumped with total shock,
Cause she hadn’t known she’d treated her favorite guy.
She helped him up and Heffer looked confused,
And then she said her name and tapped her shoes,
He recognized her Stance,
As the girl who came to dance,
So he held her pretty waist and did his very best,
Everything was getting just a little bit lighter,
He was much stronger than he ever was,
Sally felt good about herself for once,
Heffer thanked her for the bones,
Played his lucky baritone,
Dancing ‘til the next day’s afternoon.
