The Tango: Playing
Author's Notes: That last chapter was half true…kind of…We had a really bad rehearsal and everyone flipped out. It was a big bad mess. This one should be interesting, though. Sorry it took so long to post…mental block and scheduling conflicts, so zilch time. I was actually trying out for drum major (imagine that), and that took up (as my stats teacher would say) thousands of hours of my time. So enjoy the fruits of my labors.
It's warm up time before the game, and a Sousaphone came early to try and get his instrument fixed, since it's obviously not working so well.
Sousaphone: Doc?
Drum Major: No.
Sousaphone: I'm assuming he called you?
Drum Major: He's on his way, but can I help since I'm here?
Sousaphone: Maybe next year.
Drum Major: Great. Let me know if I can help you.
Sousaphone: Wait! He's running late.
The instrument won't play, but the mouthpiece
Drum Major: There's another way. Play something, anything.
(Sousaphone plays first 4 notes of fightsong)
…Anything but that.
Sousaphone: That sounds weird
Drum Major: It's weird
Sousaphone: Very weird
Drum Major: Ugly weird
Sousaphone: I'm so mad that I don't know what to do
Fighting with Sousaphones, freezing down to my bones
And to top it all off I'm with you
Drum Major: Feeling going insane, got a fire in your brain, and valve oil you've been drinking?
Sousaphone: As a matter of fact…
Drum Major: Don't worry, I know this act. It's called the 'Tango Playing.'
The Tango Playing! It's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round
No matter what you are saying
Sousaphone: You're wrong
Drum Major: You have to keep playing
Sousaphone: It's different to me
Drum Major: And you wait for your turn, cause the part's hard to learn
And you yearn and you burn for that part
Sousaphone: I think I know what you mean
Both: The tango playing!
Drum Major: Have you ever thought that a song sounded 'kooky'?
Sousaphone: Never
Drum Major: Have you ever doubted a note or two?
Sousaphone: This is spooky. Did you die when you looked at that part?
Drum Major: Every time, so be cautious.
Sousaphone: Did you try every solo that passed?
Drum Major: More than try…
Sousaphone: I'm getting nauseous
(Tango Music, they dance around, trying to pull the mouthpiece off the sousaphone)
It's sticking
Drum Major: It's sticking
Sousaphone: I can't believe it
Drum Major: Freaking sticking
Sousaphone: We're defeated, let's just give up right now.
Drum Major: Try to look on the bright side with all of your might.
Sousaphone: Doc should be any minute now
Both: When you're dancing the dance, you don't stand a chance
The grip and the stance makes you fall
Drum Major: So you think, 'might as well'
Sousaphone: 'Play a tango-it's swell'
Doc: At least it's a tango at all
All three: The tango playing
Gotta play till the whole piece is through
You can pretend to be leader
When in truth you can't lead 'er
But the end it will come
Still you have to play some
Till you hum and you're numb
And turn blue
Drum Major: How did we get into this
Sousaphone: And act so amiss
Doc: (pulls the mouthpiece off) Try it now
Sousaphone: (buzzes against the mouthpiece and makes that oh-so-familiar signature sound of a brass mouthpiece)
Drum Major: Fixed!
Sousaphone: Thanks.
Drum Major: You know, I feel great now
Sousaphone: I feel lousy
All three: The tango playing!