Title:  tilt

Composer:  Gary William Friedman ?

Lead vocals:  Short Circus #4

Backing vocals:  none

Scene:  The kids singing while dancing on a giant pinball machine set (as if they were the pinballs moving around the machine).

(pinball machine sound effects)
 

[SC]  Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  Hey, you ain't playin' fair.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I never thought you'd dare.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I fell into your snare.
Stop playin' pinball with my heart.

(pinball sound effects)

You had my flippers flippin'.
My bells began to ring.
You had my bumpers bumpin'.
My buzzers all went zing.

And then, tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  Hey, you ain't playin' fair.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I never thought you'd dare.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I fell into your snare.
Stop playin' pinball with my heart.

(pinball sound effects)

You had my flippers grippin'.
The points began to soar.
You had my bumpers jumpin'.
You sure ran up the score.

And then, tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  Hey, you ain't playin' fair.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I never thought you'd dare.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I fell into your snare.
Stop playin' pinball with my heart.

(pinball sound effects)

You had my flippers whippin'.
You really called my tune.
You had my bumpers thumpin'.
I thought you'd shoot the moon.

And then, tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  Hey, you ain't playin' fair.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I never thought you'd dare.
Tilt!  Tilt!  Tilt!  I fell into your snare.
Stop playin' pinball.
No way I can win, boy.
Stop playin' pinball with my heart.

(pinball sound effects)

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