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5000 light years from Birdland |
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But I'm still preachin' the rythym |
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Long gone uptight years from Birdland |
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And I'm still teachin' it with 'em |
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Years from the land of the Bird |
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And I am still feelin' the spirit |
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5000 light years from Birdland |
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But I know people can hear it |
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Bird named it, Bird made it |
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Bird heard it, then played it |
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Well stated Birdland |
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It happened down in Birdland |
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In the middle of that hub |
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I remember one jazz club |
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Where we went to pat feet |
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Down on 52nd Street |
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Everybody heard that word |
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That they named it after Bird |
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Where the rythym swooped and swirled |
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The jazz corner of the world |
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And the cats they gigged in there |
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Were beyond compare |
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Birdland, I'm singing Birdland |
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Birdland, old swingin' Birdland |
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Hey man, the music really turns you on |
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Really? Ya turn me around and turn me on |
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Down them stairs, lose them cares |
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Where? Down in Birdland |
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Total swing, Bop was king there |
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Down in Birdland |
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Bird would cook, Max would look |
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Where? Down in Birdland |
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Miles came through, trane came too there |
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Down in Birdland |
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Basie blew, Blakie too |
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Where? Down in Birdland |
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Cannonball played that hall there |
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Down in Birdland, yeah |
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There will never be nothin' such as that |
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No more, skoo be wah, no more |
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Down in Birdland, that's where it was at |
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I know, ah ah ah ah ah, I know |
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Back in them days Bop was ridin' high |
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Hello, heh heh heh heh heh, goodbye! |
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How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig |
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To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig |
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Yeah, that club was like in another world |
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Sure enough, yeah baby |
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All those cats were cookin' on |
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People just sat and they were steady lookin' on |
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Then Bird, he came and spread the word |
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Birdland |
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Yes indeed he did |
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Yes indeed he did |
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Yes indeed he did |
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Yes he did Parker played in Birdland |
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Yes he really did |
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Yes indeed he really did told the truth way down in Birdland |
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Yes indeed he did, Yard bird Parker played in Birdland |
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Yes indeed he really did, Charlie Parker played in Birdland |
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Bird named it, Bird made it |
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Bird heard it, then played it |
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Well stated Birdland |
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It happened down in Birdland |
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Everybody dug that beat |
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Everybody stomped their feet |
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Everybody digs be bop |
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And they'll never stop |
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Down them stairs, lose them cares |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Total swing, Bop was king |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Bird would cook, Max would look |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Miles came through, trane came too |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Basie blew, Blakie too |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Cannonball played that hall |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Down them stairs, lose them cares |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Total swing, Bop was king |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Bird would cook, Max would look |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Miles came through, trane came too |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Basie blew, Blakie too |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Cannonball played that hall |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Down them stairs, lose them cares |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Total swing, Bop was king |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |
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Bird would cook, Max would look |
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Yeah, down in Birdland |