Crossword puzzle clue "johnny lowered the note by a semitone that sounds bad too he cried it's like a bad comic's jokes"

Johnny lowered the note by a semitone. "That sounds bad, too!" he cried. "It's ___ like a bad comic's jokes."

He stared into a mirror. "___, handsome," said Lisa playfully. Inspired, Johnny raised the note by a semitone. "Awful!" he yelled.

"Let's try something more melancholy," said Johnny, lowering the E by a semitone. He shook his head. "That's no good either! It would be a ___ if that worked."

"Annie" song with the lyric "Too busy / Too crazy / Too hot / Too cold / Too late / I'm sold"

"What should I do? This score is tearing me apart, Lisa!" Johnny cried. Exasperated, Lisa said, "Johnny, just ___."

Johnny who sang on the duet "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"

"But I can't decide on the last note!" said Johnny, pointing at his score. "Everything I try sounds like it has a ___. It's not even close to being on target."

Semitone