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'