Is there no way to get it right Just the notes like the writer wrote Without the trills and the pregnant pause Or the vibrato in your throat Stand straight and true Though your heart is broken Though you've cried one hundred times before When no one else could hear Major sevenths may enchant and charm When the cats play fast and loose Wander off the root To somewhere far away You're gonna crash that piano You're gonna crash that piano If you don't play it straight They go wild down the bungalow Wait in line just to feel free Sing the words to the songs they know Clap along on the one and three But the soul is gone And so is the song That once spoke to me Now seems so wrong And may have been a hoax and a con All along Major sevenths may enchant and charm When the cats play last and loose Wander off the root To somewhere far away You're gonna crash that piano You're gonna crash that piano If you don't play it straight