Pay to Play
(sung to the tune of “Yesterday” by Paul McCartney)
Pay to play
It use to be you played for fun you say
To sing covers you must hideaway
Either that or pay to play
Suddenly
We don’t sing the songs we used to play for free
My half is paying for the royalty
Pay to play is not for me
There’s no copyright
On my songs, and there’s no way
I’ll write one so good
That I’ll charge you all to play-a-a-a
Pay to play
Cafés clubs or bars or cabarets
A classic song is sung so spirits raise
They weren’t meant for pay to play
Don’t believe in Pay to Play
{a gift from John to standard bearers everywhere. And yes i belong to ASCAP}
