Everyone warm, everything still And there was distant music Simple and somehow sublime Giving a nation, a new syncopation The people called it ragtime And there was distant music
Daddy played piano Played it very well Music from those hands could Catch you like a spell He could make you love him 'Fore the tune was done You have
Guess Guess now it's official Can't back out, can't back out, No! Gettin ready (gettin ready, oh) For the night of nights (uh-huh) The night of nights
: Guess Guess now it's official Can't back out, can't back out, No! Gettin ready (gettin ready, oh) For the night of nights (uh-huh) The night of nights