[Verse 1] They came in with canvas cases And fingers quick and light Past the open doorway Into the afternoon bright One carried redwood laughter One carried maple tone They tuned inside our classroom And made our place their own [Pre-Chorus] A little room can hold a mile When every heart leans in The Ukulele players make our students smile Tom - Lynne - Vee - Sandi - Pat - Linda - Mary Ann - and - Michelle Thank you for bringing music to our classroom the Tom Cats sure are swell [Chorus] At Above and Beyond, we gather close the kazoos echo loud With four small strings and a tune that grows We are sure in for a show! From a quiet hello to a room full of friends The song keeps climbing, it never ends At Above and Beyond, let the good notes ring A pocket-sized orchestra, a generous thing We came to perform, but we found something more A door left open, and music at the core [Verse 2] The leader counted softly The players found the chords Strumming for an hour their singing voices soared some students start to dance some friends begin to drum Soon every chair was swaying To the sound of one old song [Pre-Chorus] A little room can hold a mile When every heart leans in The Ukulele players make our students smile Tom - Lynne - Vee - Sandi - Pat - Linda - Mary Ann - and - Michelle Thank you for bringing music to our classroom the Tom Cats sure are swell [Chorus] At Above and Beyond, we gather close the kazoos echo loud With four small strings and a tune that grows We are sure in for a show! From a quiet hello to a room full of friends The song keeps climbing, it never ends At Above and Beyond, let the good notes ring A pocket-sized orchestra, a generous thing We came to perform, but we found something more A door left open, and music at the core [Bridge] If your hands know one rhythm And your voice knows one line Bring them into the circle There is room beside mine Every simple melody Can become a bridge When we play our instruments for each other - that is when the fun begins [Final Chorus] At Above and Beyond, we gather close With four small strings and a tune that grows From a quiet hello to a room full of friends The song keeps climbing, it never quite ends At Above and Beyond, let the good notes ring A pocket-sized orchestra, a generous thing We came to perform, and the room sang more The music plays loud through every open door [Outro] Four small strings, their fingers strum the sound of their voice singing loud Above and Beyond we are having so much fun the Tom Cats kazoo we all love the show partying until its time for them to go