When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”)
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- #5When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”)
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When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”) by The Gothic Archies
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“When You Play the Violin” is based on The Austere Academy, the fifth book from A Series of Unfortunate Events. It’s directed at Vice Principal Nero, from the point of view of the Baudelaire orphans.
In the novel, Nero gives daily mandatory violin concerts to all the students of Prufrock Prep, the...
When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”) Lyrics
I have known little civility, sir
Few have been kind, fewer truthful
And though within my ability, sir
I remain dutifully youthful
I go gray, then bald, with chagrin
When you play the violin
How I pray for death to begin
When you play the violin
True, there's been trouble and trickery, sir
Trembling and tribulations
Twitches from switches of hickory, sir
You, sir, and your usurpation
But my patience wears very thin
When you play the violin
How I stay, I can't imagine
When you play the violin
I've endured struggling and thuggery, sir
Physical ed. and psychosis
Sculleries, skulls, and skullduggeries, sir
Haplessness, hype and hypnosis
But, oy vey! The horrible din
When you play the violin
You betray an ear made of tin
When you play, when you slay the violin
When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”) Q&A
Who wrote When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”)'s ?
When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”) was written by Stephin Merritt.
Who produced When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”)'s ?
When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”) was produced by Stephin Merritt.
When did The Gothic Archies release When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”)?
The Gothic Archies released When You Play the Violin (from “The Austere Academy”) on Mon Oct 09 2006.