First Drum Set

[Verse 1]

I played the clarinet since fourth grade

A long time to wait for love

'Cause ever since Beverly Hills Cop, "The Heat Is On"

I longed for the saxophone

My dad's concern was that the embouchure

Was easy and might make my lips too weak

To ever play a woodwind in an orchestra

An experience he wanted for me

After three years it was time to switch to saxophone

But the band director shook his head, "forgеt it

I'm up to my ears in tenors and altos

And you're solid on thе clarinet"

With tears in my eyes, I looked up at my dad

Who looked back at the band director

"Don't you have any other openings?"

He replied, "I could use another drummer"

I looked at my dad, he looked at me

I nodded my head & he agreed

To trade in my clarinet

[Chorus]

To get my first drum set

You know I couldn't even play a beat yet

But I lugged it back to my room

Made it boom, crack, boom

All afternoon

I had no regrets

For trading in my clarinet

To get my first drum set

To get my first drum set

To get my first drum set

[Verse 2]

I showed up early to the band room

And heard some kid land a fill into a beat

Oh, how I pestered that poor drummer

Begging him to show me repeatedly

To play sports about my feelings

Being in my body, not my head

Oh, it still sets my heart a reeling

I would already be dead without

[Chorus]

My first drum set

I couldn't even play a beat yet

But I lugged it back to my room

Made it boom, crack, boom

All afternoon

I got no regrets

For trading in my clarinet

To get my first drum set

To get my first drum set

To get my first drum set