All my life I have heard the piece,
That piece of jazz called Take Five.
Heard played by Dave Clark,
Seen him play it,
Seen Nigel Kennedy play it,
I know it almost note for note.
One of my friends plays it
But in all that long time
Throughout my long life
I had never heard it played like this,
Where the five notes in a bar
Was played as four notes in a bar,
My foot kept on trying to tap five
But it got confused,
Totally confused.
I managed it eventually
And once more came to realise,
That there is so much music out there,
But such little time to listen to it all.