Recital

Take the plastic off the trays of food
Ladles napkins plates and plastic spoons
There's more chairs that we can always use
We will have a big full room
Lindsey is the first one who will play
I sit right behind her every May
She likes Grieg, Scarlotti and Green Day
But we go to different schools
Oh it's a hot one, what would these hands do
If they forgot?
I rise when the teacher calls my name
As they clap I smile back in shame
I can smell the shampoo in her hair
I can smell the month of May
Oh sticky fingers, would you like me to
Play you a song?
Oh these two fingers play a song on you
From the beginning
Touch the keys and make the piano sing
Touch the keys it's such a funny thing
She likes Grieg, Scarlotti and Green Day
Sit behind her every May