"I Wanted a Tuba" genre: Smooth Jazz
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	One New Yorker's humble American Dream: a big, heavy brass horn.
	MP3.com CD: Place in the Sun - buy it! CD: Place in the Sun   Label: Terra Firma Records (TFR612) Credits: c. 1999 by Lenny HAT. I'm on guitar and bass. Also featured: David Lopato (piano), Howie Wyeth (drums) Ralph Hamperion (tuba).
	Lyrics I Wanted a Tuba Words and Music by Lenny Hat ********************************************* One hand was on my derby It was a windy autumn day I sat down on doorstep And listened to a brass band play Enamored of the music I clapped my hands and clicked my heels I sang myself to sleep night I jaywalked and I passed up meals 'cos... CHO: I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly To huff puff a melody The day away I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly, yeah My friends said I was crazy Why would I want to play that thing It booms like Barnum Bailey And drains you like a diamond ring We argued over muffins I knew they wouldn't understand They didn't wear my loafers They weren't there to hear the band How could they know... CHO: I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly To huff puff a melody The day away I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly, yeah I bell-hopped at the Bowery I dish-washed down in Brooklyn Heights I knew that I was lucky To get two jobs when money's tight I sacrificed and gambled I auctioned off my rocking chair I bought a dozen tokens And sold them when they raised the fare All because... CHO: I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly To huff puff a melody The day away I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly, yeah One evening in a pawn shop I turned my pockets inside out The change rang like sleigh bells The evergreen bills pranced about The pawnbroker was ice blue As we two gathered up the dough I gave my horn a warm hug And waltzed into the moonlit snow Crying over my shoulder, that... CHO: I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly To huff puff a melody The day away I wanted a tuba A tuba so badly, yeah

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