Tropical Dancer - The Players in the Piano

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Pardon the dust and wipe off the rust
Drop in your tokens and leave it to us
We're the players in the piano
The players in the piano

Deep in the back of attics were stacked
Covered in cobwebs uncomfortably packed
We're the players in the piano
The players in the piano

But if you wake up in the dark of the night
Looking for someone to talk to
Or someone to give you a horrible fright
Stay perfectly still and we'll come for you

Each one of these 88 keys
Move to a halting inaudible beat
By the players in the piano
The players in the piano

So shut off your tapes and pull closed the drapes
We can make sure that no noise will escape
We're the players in the piano
The players in the piano

Did you hear the carnival's coming to town
Dragging its prisoners behind it
There's nothing to fear in that cheap haunted house
The secrets are all in the basement

Billy approached creaky old machine
Brushing away the sheet music that lay open across its belly
He'd heard the legends, but never quite knew what to expect
Then, as he slowly and gingerly opened the top
He began to hear a few voices peeping out
One after the other, they started to call to him
Pulling him deeper into the strings and into the underbelly
Of that old monster

We're the players in the piano
The players in the piano
The players in the piano
We're playing especially for you

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from Spooky Tendrils, released October 5, 2010

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