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Moment Of Weakness by Paul Griffiths

by Paul Griffiths

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Moment of Weakness

“Just a moment of weakness”
He said to the judge
When asked how he stole a piano
And this joke my dad told
Never grew old
Cos he told it while he swung a sledgehammer

After mass one Sunday
He got it to the back door
Then he flung it down a flight of stone steps
It made a harsh sound
Hitting hard ground
Bruised and bloodied it was, but not dead

Yes the impact was dramatic
There was creaking and groaning
a piano isn’t built for such speed
But to lay it to rest
To put it to bed
Uncle Alec’s sledgehammer he’d need

As my dad started swinging
Wood, wire and ivory
The family once gathered around
Lay splintered and splattered
And battered and shattered
And scattered all over the ground
Just a Moment of Weakness

There are parts of this song
Even I don’t believe
Like what became of the remains?
He loaded them into
His motorbike side~car
And buried them behind the Railway

What sin was committed?
What law violated?
To rain down on a piano such pain?
I’ve asked and I’ve wondered
How this one-off blunder
Could ever happen again
Another Moment of Weakness

In cahoots with my brother
My piano killing mother
Said the next family piano must die
So thrashed it and smashed it
Bashed it and trashed it
Cast it off to Piano Heaven, Goodbye
Just a Moment of Weakness

“Just a moment of weakness”
He said to the judge
When asked how he stole a piano
And this joke my dad told
Never grew old
Cos he told it while he swung a sledgehammer

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released December 13, 2023
Written by Paul Griffiths
Produced by Danny Allen
Baby Buck Studios
MoBeet Music BMI

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