He’s not here anymore
And everything has changed
The rules, the takes, the lore,
It’s all been rearranged
I said nothing is the same
Nothing is the same

There was only one Paganini
There was only one Coltrane
There was only one of you
You’ll not be seen again
And now nothing is the same
Nothing is the same

Towards the open door
We troop our lonely pall
Backs bent and shoulders sore
With the weight of it all
Bear it, nothing is the same
Nothing is the same

A One, two, three, a four
We slump back to the base
At rest now the silent score
Stored gently in case
Say it, nothing is the same
Nothing is the same

There was only one Paganini
There was only one Coltrane
There was only one of you
You’ll not be heard again
And now nothing is the same
Nothing is the same