Listening to the Band in the Park

1. There’s a young girl over there, who has fallen to despair

She can’t face the confines of her lonely room

When she goes back home tonight, all the walls will close up tight

And she’ll never find her way across the gloom

Chorus: Oh, we’re listening to the band in the park

Yes, we’re listening to the band in the park

We’ve got nothing else to do

Turning cold and feeling blue

So, we’re listening to the band in the park

3. A bald-headed man with glasses, who comes from the middle classes

Sits down on a bench to read the Sunday news

Since the funeral of his wife, he is a that time of life

When the way the cards are stacked, he’s bound to lose

4. A plain secretary bird, who’s often seen but never heard

Lives in a bed-sit in the London sprawl

With self discipline of years, she goes on choking back the tears

And she prays to find a reason for it all

5. A young wizard on guitar has come to London from afar

To make the big-time on the music scene

But he’s been busking in the street, down and out and off the beat

He’s as lonely now as he has ever been

6. Now the band is packed away, as creeping darkness ends the day

And the population now is dwindling fast

But next Sunday, it’s quite plain, that if you come this way again

Then the play will be with same or different cast