Johnny Glockenspiel

Johnny Glockenspiel
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 1994 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

He tried to play the sax. He tried to play the flute.
He went honk honk and he went toot toot.
But he didn’t like the sound, he couldn’t get the feel
Until the day he found… the Glockenspiel.
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.
When you tickle those bars of steel
The girls begin to squeal;
“Oo Johnny Oh Johnny
Hey Johnny Ho Johnny”
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.

Hour after hour out back in the shed
He practiced scales until his fingers bled.
But the Rockers only jeered a sneery grin.
But they changed their tune when he plugged in.
“He’s got a bending wheel!”
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.
When you tickle those bars of steel
The paint begins to peel.
“Oo Johnny Oh Johnny
Hey Johnny Ho Johnny”
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.

He was rockin’ he was reelin’,
He was glocken he was spieling
Johnny Glock -Glockenspiel.
And as the paint was peelin’
They were dancing on the ceilin’
Johnny Glock -Glockenspiel.
Rock (rock) rock that glock.
Reel (reel) reel that spiel.
Rock (rock) reel (reel)
Glock (glock) spiel (spiel)

Well it became a craze, they called it “glock’n’roll”.
He played half time at the Super Bowl.
When the power blew out, Johnny just shrugged
He was born to play unplugged!
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.
When you tickle those bars of steel,
Oh how you make me feel.
“Oo Johnny Oh Johnny
Hey Johnny Ho Johnny”
Johnny, Johnny Glockenspiel.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Zag Zig CD.

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