Stephin Merritt - '82: Happy Beeping lyrics

My mother found another jerk A drummer - jazz - who liked to smirk At those who lacked his special sk**s Keeping loose time with little fills One morn I found my counterpoint Homework torn up, tacked to my door Like Luther's 95 Theses A note explained what this was for "Happy Beeping" it said "Happy Beeping" it read The creep had come a-creeping Happy Beeping He clearly hated Neu! and Can Cluster, and Eno, and Japan Though, to be fair, he liked my books He took my Richard Brautigan "Happy Beeping" it said "Happy Beeping" it read In the night while I was sleeping Happy Beeping "Happy Beeping" it said "Happy Beeping" it read In the night while I was sleeping Happy Beeping