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MUSIC TO MY EARS

TIM

THE ANCIENT GREEKS BELIEVED THAT SCALES
HAD POWER OVER OUR EMOTIONS.
SIRENS SANG THE DORIAN MODE
TO LURE IN SAILORS FROM THE OCEAN.

ALL AT ONCE I SAW HER FACE
AND FELT A SIREN SONGS’S EMBRACE.
IT TOOK HOLD OF MY HEART AND WON’T LET GO.
OH, YOU WERE RIGHT, MISTER PLATO.

HERE’S HOW THE SCALE IN MY HEART GOES:
A,N,N,E,M,A,R,I,E. LA LA LA LA LA!

MYRA

IT’S NOT EXACTLY "DO, A DEER."

TIM

BUT IT’S MUSIC TO MY EARS!
A IS FOR "ANGEL"

MYRA

(to the audience, playfully teasing TIM) 
ALSO FOR "ASYLUM".

TIM

N IS FOR "NEVER LETTING GO."

MYRA

UNLESS, OF COURSE, SHE SAYS, "NO."

TIM

ANOTHER N FOR "NEVERENDING".

MYRA

OR, "NOT RIGHT IN THE HEAD!"

TIM

E IS FOR "EVERYTHING".

MYRA

IT’S ALSO FOR "ENGAGE...ED"!

TIM

M IS FOR "MAGICALLY"
A IS FOR "ARDENTLY"
R IS FOR "REVERENTLY"
I IS FOR "INSTANTLY", THAT’S THE WAY I FELL FOR HER!

MYRA

I IS ALSO FOR "INSANE", WHICH YOU ARE AS WELL FOR HER.

TIM

AND E IS FOR "EVERLASTING"
THAT’S JUST HOW OUR LOVE WILL BE.

MYRA

SLOW DOWN, NOT SO FAST,
HANDSOME, HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY KNOW?

TIM

THE LETTERS OF HER NAME, THEY SING TO ME THEY TELL ME SO.

MYRA

NOW HE’S HEARING VOICES!

TIM

NOT VOICES! MELODIES! MODES! A,N,N,E,M,A,R,I,E!

MYRA

LA LA LA LA LA!

TIM

A,N,N,E,M,A,R,I,E

MYRA

LA LA LA LA LA!

MYRA/TIM

LA LA LA LA LA!
LA LA LA LA LA!

IT’S NOT EXACTLY "DOE, A DEER",

TIM

BUT IT’S MUSIC TO MY EARS!

Dialog by Rich Rubin
Lyrics and music by Michael Johnson
© 2014 Zubsongs, Ltd.