I could write stuff that’s hard
I learned how at Juilliard
And be ignored until I’m dead and gone
But unlike Stravinsky
I can write for ATT
My greatest masterpiece is two bars long

Hear that little chime?
buy it now online, from a
Ringtone Composer, it’s a
buck ninety-nine

I once lived in a style
decidedly downward mobile
The city bus was all I could afford
Though I wrote whole ballets
It’s this 30-second phrase
That helped me buy this two-year-old Accord

Hear that little tune?
From Rio to Rangoon, I’m a
Ringtone Composer and a
cell phone tycoon

(Instrumental cell phone ringtone break)

When that sound appears
It’s music to the ears of a
Ringtone Composer who’s been
shunned by his peers

No, it ain’t Chopin
but sure beats teaching Band
for a Ringtone Composer
life’s not always what you planned