Lennon n' Brahms, they used to play chess Brahms couldn't find the park, Lennon overslept Now the two don't speak unless they've got a shop to keep In Hamburg he wrote Brahms a little note "Hope Dusseldorf's swell, the band's doing well" Now the two don't speak unless they've got a shop to keep Brahms took a stroll through Strawberry Fields Thought to himself, "nothing is real" Now the two don't speak unless they've got a shop to keep The best of friends from Prater Park to Abbey Road Like Bird and Diz, like Cole and Irv, like Frog and Toad For the charming of the Moon John wrote some words, Brahms sang a tune Now the park's too far and the chess ain't playin' Lennon n' Brahms, they used to play chess Brahms always won, Lennon couldn't care less Now the two don't speak unless they've got a shop to keep John met a girl, Brahms didn't ring John sang from his bed, "and your bird can sing" Now the two don't speak unless they've got a shop to keep Brahms sang a verse John had sung first Then he wrote a German requiem heard across the universe Now the two don't speak unless they've got a shop to keep The best of friends from Prater Park to Abbey Road Like Bird and Diz, like Cole and Irv, like Frog and Toad For the charming of the Moon John wrote some words, Brahms sang a tune Now the park's too far and the chess ain't playin'