Frog And Banjo

There are many sad things,

Like a child drowning in a vat of molasses,

(How would a child end up in a vat of molasses?...)

Or if you were to lose the phone number of someone you find intriguing,

(I'm sure it's in the laundry...)

Or a phone that keeps ringing and ringing and ringing and no one will

Answer,

(?...)

Sad like a zero on the LED display of your answering machine,

(Saaad... That's a very melancholy numeral.)

Sad like a photograph of your grandfather at the age of twenty-seven,

But I believe, and I believe strongly,

(He's trying to make a point here...)

There is nothing sadder than

A frog plucking a banjo.

(Frooogg...)

That's about as sad as you can be,

A frog plucking a banjo.

Let us contemplate the sadness,

(?...)

Of a banjo playing frog,

Let us examine the sadness,

It's extremely sad,

(When the banjo is plucked by the frog...)

Frog playing a banjo.

(Frog plucking a banjo...)

Is the frog aware that he is sad?

(I believe that he is aware...)

Well, I'm not so sure you're correct about that.

(Why is that?)

I really--don't--think a frog that plays a banjo is quite so self-aware.

(I beliiieeevvee...)

Is there anything quite so sad?

(A froooggg playing a banjo...)