PLAY ME SOMETHING SENTIMENTAL
"Hey, lady!"
"Yeah?"
"Uh, are you the singer here?"
"Whaddya think I'm doing up here old man? C'mon, whaddya want?"
"I -- I was just kinda wondering if you..."
"C'mon, I haven't got all night. Whaddya want?"
"I -- I was just wondering if you could..."
Play me something sentimental
You know it's been a long time
Since I've heard something soft and gentle
About true hearts loving 'til the end of time
Doesn't anybody hope anymore?
Doesn't anyone elope anymore?
Aren't there any Valentinos around
Whose heart breaks at the sound
Of that old familiar refrain:
"There'll never be a love like her again"
"...so please, lady..."
Play me something sentimental
You know it's been a long time
Since I've heard something soft and gentle
About true hearts loving 'til the end of time
Everyone is in to therapy these days
Holding Freud and Jung hysterically these days
Whatever happened to the walk hand-in-hand
By the sea and the sand
Writing poems to one of his smiles
I haven't heard a poem like that in such a long long while
"...so please, lady..."
Play me something sentimental
You know it's been a long time
Since I've heard something soft and gentle
About true hearts loving 'til the end of time
Everyone is cold, you know
"Our-relationship-is-very-free-and-open!" I'm told, you know
Whatever happened to the nights of romance
Waiting for her glance
Dying if she looked and she frowned
A kiss was bliss, your heart would break when your love wasn't found
"...so please, lady..."
Play me something sentimental
You know it's been a long time
Since I've heard something soft and gentle
About true hearts loving 'til the end of time
You know they make me sad, those memories
You know they aren't all bad, those memories
from One of These Days and Vinyl Songbook
©1981 CAPAC