WE WANT STRAINS WITH SOME RESERVE

All the world is ready for a change of pace
Musically it wants to quit this crazy race
And to quit that beat that jangles on your nerves
We want strains with some reserve

While the beat we hear is loud and full of bang
And the notes are harsh and words are full of slang
We don't want that hair that flies while beats they serve
We want strains with some reserve

Strains that linger and that have some tone
Strains that come out through a saxaphone
Strains that tinkle on the ivory keys
Soft and lovely melodies

Turn the page to where we were in those good days
As I play the music like the Sammy Kayes
This is what today we want and do deserve!
We want strains with some reserve


Let's have songs that keep a steady beat
Songs that do not jangle and repeat
Songs that linger in the memory
And are full of melody

Notes and words and beats and everything we get
Makes us tense and keeps the mind and thoughts upset
It's the time to quit and do the ole gay swerve (?)
We want strains with some
We want strains with some
We want strains with some reserve!

-William Howard Arpaia
sung by Randall Reed, Vandalia LP 1004: The Arpaia Sound IV