Turn It Down

Chorus:
Turn it down, turn it down
To preserve our hearing will you please turn it down.
You don't need to blast our eardrums,
I want to like amps when I hear 'em,
and I just don't want to fear 'em,
so please turn it down.

(Melody A)
When I grew up my big brother had a jam 'bout ev'ry week
and the music from jazz playing made the dogs in our house freak.
There were drums and bass guitarists, sax and maybe vibes and brass.
When they all played out the head they shook the floor and
our plate glass.

(Melody B)
But they knew about dynamics and how to seem quite loud.
It wasn't in the shrillness but in playing soft sometimes
Jazz mu-sicianship's in phrasing and in cool melodic lineS.
And so when I feel my ears ring,
I will speak up from the crowd, saying . . .

(Chorus)

(A:)
I respect sound engineers; they know more than I ever will,
but some folks think that Leslie somehow must be louder still.
When you sit in small convention rooms, an amp is overkill.
It's the music and the lyrics, not the decibels, that thrill.

(Chorus)

(B:)
So my friend up at the board, I hope I don't need to be curt.
I will honor expertise if we make a simple pact.
Listen to us when we ask to keep our hearing nerves intact.
Filk may shock and shame blaspheme, but never it should hurt.

(Chorus)

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