open mic night 2015

                                             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}