I’m Nuts About Screwy Music

At the state asylum
On the second floor
I talk with a patient
Room two-thirty-four
I said: "You don't look crazy
Can't see why you're here"
He sorta looked at me and smiled
And whispered in my ear:

"I'm nuts about screwy music
I'm screwy 'bout nutty rhythm
I'm dilly of all silly melodies
Crazy as a loon can be

I'm daffy 'bout goofy tempo
I'm goofy 'bout daffy changes
I'm dippy of all dizzy harmony
Written in a minor key

I love to hear
Sounds that are queer
I'm eccentric they say
There's a boot
In a flute
Or a mellow
Mournin' cello

I'm nuts about screwy music
I'm screwy 'bout nutty rhythm
I'm dilly of all silly melodies
Crazy as a loon can be"