Van Dyke Parks - Tribute To Spree lyrics

Roberts Steel band man, yes you beatin' pan But my friend you won't understand Has it ever dawned on you Who invented pan I ask you to join me In offerin' tribute to this man (oh no) Everybody wonderin' How the steelband start (Oh no) When you get to know Well, it's gonna break your heart I tell you now It's founded by one Winston Spree And this is how He started his first melody Bless the day in 1939 The genius say he recall to mind Saw an ol' empty oil drum Beatin' in the storm Just before the sky darkened You know it was the steel band was born (oh no) Everybody wonderin' How the steelband start (Oh no) When you get to know Well, it's gonna break your heart I tell you now It's founded by one Winston Spree And this is how He started his first melody He went along beatin'blow by blow He thought it sound like a piano This really inspired him to a great extent So he continued poundin' Until he found this new instrument (oh no) Everybody wonderin' How the steelband start (Oh no) When you get to know Well, it's gonna break your heart I tell you now It's founded by one Winston Spree And this is how He started his first melody Now the world waiting anxiously We strike gold all because of Spree But what are we doin' now to conserve his name We should reimburse him And have it placed in the hall of fame (oh no) Everybody wonderin' How the steelband start (Oh no) When you get to know Well, it's gonna break your heart