Mike Viola - Brian Myers You're No Cherry Garcia Lyrics

The first scale I ever learned was from Brian Myers
He lived in Sumner Gardens in Stoughton
It was the first scale he ever showed me
It was the first scale I ever learned
He said do you know what plagiary is?
And I said no that sounds like a very big word
He said do you know what plagiary is?
And I said no, he said,
you sound like the Grateful Dead
But he looked like Jerry Garcia
Just like Jerry Garcia
Long before there was Cherry Garcia

This must of been 1970 something
When he showed me this scale
I was a little lad
I was skinny and pale
In the suburbs 20 minutes
From Boston Massachusetts
Hmmmm, WBCN, WAAF and HJY
Oh why oh why did you break my little heart that way
Brian Myers, oh why did you fill be with shame
Oh Brian Myers

One day I was looking through some photographs
And a found a picture of my band
We were playing in my backyard
Guess who was there?
Brian Myers with his hand on his chin
He was judging me
He was judging me and waiting for the scale to begin
Oh Brian Myers with his hand on his chin
Why did you make me feel so lame?

Here goes the scale
My friend Theo can sing and play
But I can't do it that way, let me try again, he comes the scale
Something like that Brian Myers
I don't know the name of that scale
Maybe Jerry Garcia invented it
But everything invented is for sale
Brian Myers, look at you
Cherry Garcia, Sarah Lee Coconut Cake
Pepperidge Farm remembers"