Casper & The Cookies - Eulogy for Marcel Marsalis lyrics

They filed him under novelty Back in 1953. How could we know way back then He'd make us love the world again? Making spirits soar From an unmarked score He didn't play a note, but man, that note he didn't play you never heard before Hail Monsieur Marcel Marsalis New horizons in modern silence Ladies, come and kiss the callus Men, raise a chalice To Marcel Marsalis "Quietude" hit number three The day he sold out Carnegie A shot rang out from off the stage The murderous rage of Johnny Cage He continued to play He's still playing today Now every yahoo in Nebraska digs the avant-garde thanks to the late Marcel Hail Monsieur Marcel Marsalis Highbrow cla**es and low-life ma**es All lined up to kiss the callus And they'll raise a chalice To Marcel Marsalis