A little dental music Strings a-strumming Flutes a-trilling Numbing minds and calming nerves While steps away the beast is drilling Musak in the lobby Helps the patients to ignore The fact that writhing agony Waits right behind the door Kostelanetz, Hank Mancini Gordon Jenkins, Ferrante and Teicher Lo the Mormon Tabernacle sings The sounds of pain are muted by a thousand living strings A little dental music Your appointment’s for eleven But you’ll wait in here till noon The swooning strains of Andre Previn Next it’s Mantovani After him you couldn’t care You’re in for brutal torture When it’s your turn When it’s your turn Next! It’s your turn in the chair