Strike up the band Don't you move Oh, the conductor is beckoning Come, congregation, and let's sing it like you mean it No, don't you get it, don't you get it now Douse the lights Just stay where I can see you We sure are in for a show tonight Give us

There is work to be done, to be done Let's have fun, fun, fun Form a line, oh, oh Come on, let's go Let the drums roll out Let the trumpet call While the people shout, "strike up the band" Hear the cymbals ring Calling one and all

"I may be circling the drain, but I got a few steps left in me" So when they tell you that you're finished And your chance to dance is done That's the time to stand To strike up the band And tell 'em that you just begun So when life's a real pea-super