The Minute Waltz

I've got a minute, just a little minute
 I have only got a minute, just a minute
 I have only got a minute
 That is all the time I have to sing this tiny little minute waltz
 It isn't easy but I'll try it then
 I've got to say goodbye, but first, I'll take a minute
 And put in it every note that you may know
 That less I sing a little minute waltz
 And hope I can sing with no faults
 I know it's difficult
 I'll give it every last breath that I've got within my body
 Hope that my performance won't be very shoddy
 Singing every moment won't do wonders for my throat
 I probably will end up hoarse
 Of course I will, I've got it down a wager
 That I made, I will want
 It's not the money, but the satisfaction that I get from winning money
 On this silly kind of bet
 Though this kind of solo wasn't his intention
 Chopin isn't here to make an intervention
 So with your permission and no intermission
 I will sing each note that that composer wrote
 As you can hear my trilling isn't very thrilling
 But no one can say I wasn't very willing
 To attempt a thing that's not been done
 And just for fun to sing the minute waltz
 As I sing, the seconds fly
 All too soon the minute waltzes by
 And now I ask you, where am I?
 Halfway through the tune and I'm falling far behind
 I have less than 30 seconds, less than 30 seconds
 Less than 30, less than half a minute
 I have less than 30 seconds
 I have less than half a minute to complete this little minute waltz
 But every note that's in the score I buy
 The sands of time I know are pouring, let
 Win my bet and honor with the money
 Down to some big store and there, I'll buy a honey
 Of a trophy for myself to put upon the shelf
 To show the world I've won
 Oh, the second hand is rushing 'round the dial
 And though I'd like to end this torture with a smile
 And lest someone knows how to stop the clock
 You're gonna see me cry before I've said goodbye
 Accomplishment to complete the song
 But I'm afraid my little lungs will burst before too long
 If only I can last this day
 I won't have failed to sing a little minute waltz