My Musical Beginning

My Musical Beginning
By Larry Linville

I started in music, don’t you know,
during a very wet spring.
I never played any instrument
although I could always sing.

The rains came heavy day after day.
The rivers started to rise.
The water rose up to our ankles
and then on up to our thighs.

When it finally flooded the house
and nothing else could be said.
I accompanied on the piano
my brother who was on a bed..

Because he floated on that big bed
sheet music we had to play.
I play the piano when it starts to rain
up to this very day.