Charles Ives - The One Way lyrics
[Charles Ives - The One Way lyrics]
Here are things you've heard before
Turned out daily by the score
Pretty rhymes you know how gently on the ear
They bring a smile or bring a tear
Do re mi fa mi re do
When we go a marching
Down thro' life and the Street
O loud and free must the music be
Now a softer cadence now we change the key
Just to stage a come back
To the main strain of our glee
So if you'd go a marching
To fortune or to Fame
Perhaps the safest way's to
Play the same old, same old game
Tunes we've often heard before
Snatches of a dozen more jingles row on row
When borne upon the ear
They bring a smile or bring a blear
Do re me fa me re do
When we go a marching
Down the aisle or the Street
O nice and sweet must the music bleat
With time to match the feet
Now a softer cadence now we change the key
Just to stage a comeback
To the nice key of our glee
So if you'd go a marching
To Fortune or to Fame
The safest way's to play the same old
Same old game
Hola! Huzza! Je ne sais pas!
Turned out daily by the score
Pretty rhymes you know how gently on the ear
They bring a smile or bring a tear
Do re mi fa mi re do
When we go a marching
Down thro' life and the Street
O loud and free must the music be
Now a softer cadence now we change the key
Just to stage a come back
To the main strain of our glee
So if you'd go a marching
To fortune or to Fame
Perhaps the safest way's to
Play the same old, same old game
Tunes we've often heard before
Snatches of a dozen more jingles row on row
When borne upon the ear
They bring a smile or bring a blear
Do re me fa me re do
When we go a marching
Down the aisle or the Street
O nice and sweet must the music bleat
With time to match the feet
Now a softer cadence now we change the key
Just to stage a comeback
To the nice key of our glee
So if you'd go a marching
To Fortune or to Fame
The safest way's to play the same old
Same old game
Hola! Huzza! Je ne sais pas!