Jack Stafford - Unnecessary Music Lyrics

The world is saturated with songs
And we all just nod along
They have the patter and the beat
But they're whitebread food to eat

Unnecessary music
Why do we produce it?
Cos it is more fun to do
Than it is to listen to

Unnecessary music
Perhaps it's therapeutic
But they say a burden shared
Is a burden doubled

No idea in there was conceived
The embryo can't be believed
It has a head and arms and legs
But take its pulse you'll find it's dead

Unnecessary music
Why do we produce it?
Cos it is more fun to do
Than it is to listen to

Unnecessary music
Perhaps it's therapeutic
But they say a burden shared
Is a burden doubled

What spurred you on to finish it?
Put layers on the thinnish bit
When you had half-written the song?
Why'd you decide to carry on?

Unnecessary music
Why do we produce it?
Cos it is more fun to do
Than it is to listen to

Unnecessary music
Perhaps it's therapeutic
But they say a burden shared
Is a burden doubled