Tell me Eric, how are you today
Are you feeling sad and blue
are you tired of sitting in your room
repeating yourself, you old gymnopedist?

Let us go for a walk then
all the way to Normandy along the Seine
you can tell me about your latest piece
and its minimalist perfection
how it inhabits the corners of your room
how it has a long face but keeps pace
with an inner grace.

Well, Eric, we've been around the park
you've looked at the flowers
and the young mademoiselles
maybe you've got an idea for a little tune
that will amaze the world
like the temples of knossis -
which are you, my friend,
Theseus, Ariadne or the Minotaur?