While the sands of time I know are pouring
Eight little measures to complete this song
Half a minute to complete this little minute waltz
Though this kind of solo wasn't his intention
Singing every note, I'm not the one to spoil my throat
And hope that I can sing with no faults
And just for fun to sing the minute waltz
To attempt a thing that's not been done
Let me win my bet and I'll run with the money
But I'm afraid my little lungs will burst before
Too long if only I can last to scale
Oh too soon the minute waltzed by
As you can hear my trilling isn't very thrilling
I've gotta say goodbye but first I'll take a minute
Down to something store an' there I'll buy a honey
From winning money on this silly kind of bet
It's not the money but the satisfaction that I get
Every last breath that I've got within my body
And put in it every note that Chopin wrote
Hope that my performance won't be very shoddy
You gonna see me cry before I said goodbye
It isn't easy but I'll try it then
A shelf show the world I won
I probably will end up hoarse, of course I will, I've done it
Thirty seconds, less than thirty, less than half a minute
So with your permission and no intermission
Oh the second hand is rushing round the dial
And I shall sing the little minute waltz
And now I ask you where am I
On every note that's in the score
And though I'd like to end this torture with a smile
As I sing the seconds fly
Halfway through the tune and I'm falling far behind
And a way do that, I made, I will, I want
Of a trophy for myself to put upon
And though it's difficult, I'll give it
Unless someone knows how to stop the clock
I have to sing this tiny minute waltz
Chopin isn't here to make an intervention
I have less than thirty seconds, I have less than
I have only got a minute that is all the time
But no one can say I wasn't very willing
I will sing each note that that composer wrote
I have less than thirty seconds, less than
