| I gotta move. |
| I gotta move. |
| That’s what I tell my landlord, landlord! |
| I gotta move! |
| Cause there’s a man lives right upstairs from me |
| Making a nightmare of some melody. |
| This is a situation not likely to improve. |
| He goes a' rumble rumble rumble on the left hand. |
| He goes a' tinkle tinkle tinkle on the right. |
| Rumble rumble rumble, |
| tinkle tinkle tinkle |
| Plays piano all night! |
| He goes a' rumble rumble rumble on the bottom. |
| He goes a' tinkle tinkle tinkle on the top. |
| Rumble rumble rumble, |
| Tinkle tinkle tinkle |
| Positively won’t stop! |
| I tried a' knocking knocking knocking on the ceiling. |
| I tried a' knocking knocking knocking on the wall. |
| He takes a breather- |
| No he doesn’t either! |
| Just when I figured that’s all |
| He goes a' rumble rumble rumble on the black keys. |
| He goes a' tinkle tinkle tinkle on the white. |
| Rumble rumble rumble, |
| Tinkle tinkle tinkle, |
| Plays piano all right, |
| But he plays piano all night! |
| Instead of cooking himself a fine kettle of tea up there |
| Or maybe getting himself a girl and taking her out somewhere, |
| Instead of sitting around, reading the jokes, washing his socks, |
| writing his folks, taking his pills, sleeping the night through, |
| What does he do? |
| What does he do?!? |
| He goes a' rumble rumble rumble |
| Look at the whole building crumble! |
| Tinkle tinkle tinkle |
| Look at the wallpaper wrinkle! |
| Rumble rumble rumble, |
| Tinkle tinkle tinkle, |
| He could give insomnia to Rip Van Winkle! |
| With his rumble rumble rumble |
| I’ve got a good right to grumble! |
| Tinkle tinkle tinkle |
| I’m going to reach for the… stop it, will you? |
| Rumble, tinkle, |
| PLEASE somebody break his lease! |
| I tried to hammer hammer hammer on the steampipe. |
| I tried to hollar hollar hollar down the hall. |
| I got a feeling |
| He’ll come through the ceiling |
| With the piano and all. |
| He goes a' pummling pummling pummling with his left hand. |
| He goes groove groove grooving with his right. |
| A' pummling and groove, pummling and groove, pummling groove |
| Pummling till he gets it right. |
| Then he plays piano |
| Plays piano all night! |