Pay for the Piano

People my people
 The cat in the steeple
 And everyone here, I need your ear so be cool for a few
 I feel a funny emotion, a negative notion
 A tear in the air, an unseen stare, if I'm wrong then I'm wrong
 What I say?
 All right!
 Senors and senoras, they cannot ignore us
 We know that they know the score, it's there at the core--always been
 And we could give it up all nice, or put it on cold ice
 While that could suffice, I give these dreams up in hell
 Ring a bell
 What I say?
 Somebody's got to pay for the piano
 Somebody's got to make sure we honor everyone
 I know if we can forfeit all our sorrow, it may as well be us
 People my people, supreme to my equal
 Say not a word I know you're tired so am I, I could cry
 You knew it would be hard to play such a bad card
 And lower your guard to unseen harm 'cause you're scarred, I can see
 And the people that need you say they couldn't read you
 You plant 'em a seed they claim they loved all the weeds
 So you flee
 What I say?
 Somebody's got to pay for the piano
 Somebody's got to make sure we honor everyone
 I know if we can forfeit all our sorrow, it may as well be us
 May as well be now
 May as well be us
 So people my people
 The cat in the steeple
 And everyone here
 I know your fear like a friend, I contend
 Commandos, commandettes, it wasn't a sure bet
 But nothing good was and what should or could be does what it can
 I said it's a quiet and sad choice, you hear in your own voice
 I know what I'd like and I can't say anymore
 Je t'adore
 Break it down
 Somebody's got to pay for the piano
 Somebody's got to make sure we honor everyone
 I know if we can forfeit all our sorrow, it may as well be