Birdland (LP Version)

Song Birdland (LP Version)
Artist The Manhattan Transfer
Album The Very Best Of The Manhattan Transfer

Lyrics

[00:18.98] 5000 light years from Birdland
[00:22.14] But I'm still preachin' the rythym
[00:24.45]
[00:25.07] Long gone uptight years from Birdland
[00:27.39] And I'm still teachin' it with 'em
[00:30.32]
[00:31.07] Years from the land of the Bird
[00:33.38] And I am still feelin' the spirit
[00:36.38]
[00:37.20] 5000 light years from Birdland
[00:39.70] But I know people can hear it
[00:42.70]
[00:43.63] Bird named it, Bird made it
[00:46.45] Bird heard it, then played it
[00:49.70] Well stated Birdland
[00:51.20] It happened down in Birdland
[00:53.57] In the middle of that hub
[00:58.95]
[01:05.43] I remember one jazz club
[01:09.25] Where we went to pat feet
[01:11.63]
[01:12.37] Down on 52nd Street
[01:14.62]
[01:15.50] Everybody heard that word
[01:18.50] That they named it after Bird
[01:21.12]
[01:21.62] Where the rythym swooped and swirled
[01:24.68] The jazz corner of the world
[01:27.25]
[01:27.81] And the cats they gigged in there
[01:30.87] Were beyond compare
[01:32.69]
[01:33.50] Birdland, I'm singing Birdland
[01:36.81]
[01:39.06] Birdland, old swingin' Birdland
[01:44.12]
[01:47.13] Hey man, the music really turns you on
[01:50.06] Really? Ya turn me around and turn me on
[01:52.68] Down them stairs, lose them cares
[02:03.81] Where? Down in Birdland
[02:06.81] Total swing, Bop was king there
[02:09.81] Down in Birdland
[02:11.81] Bird would cook, Max would look
[02:15.50]
[02:16.00] Where? Down in Birdland
[02:19.19] Miles came through, trane came too there
[02:23.94] Down in Birdland
[02:25.81] Basie blew, Blakie too
[02:28.25] Where? Down in Birdland
[02:31.43] Cannonball played that hall there
[02:36.19] Down in Birdland, yeah
[02:40.19]
[02:49.87] There will never be nothin' such as that
[02:52.87] No more, skoo be wah, no more
[02:55.75]
[02:56.44] Down in Birdland, that's where it was at
[02:59.19] I know, ah ah ah ah ah, I know
[03:02.31] Back in them days Bop was ridin' high
[03:04.63]
[03:05.19] Hello, heh heh heh heh heh, goodbye!
[03:08.00]
[03:09.75] How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig
[03:13.56] To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig
[03:16.81] Yeah, that club was like in another world
[03:21.60] Sure enough, yeah baby
[03:23.35]
[03:24.35] All those cats were cookin' on
[03:26.10] People just sat and they were steady lookin' on
[03:28.04] Then Bird, he came and spread the word
[03:30.42] Birdland
[03:34.41]
[03:35.48] Yes indeed he did
[03:37.04] Yes indeed he did
[03:38.33] Yes indeed he did
[03:39.83] Yes he did Parker played in Birdland
[03:41.70] Yes he really did
[03:42.82] Yes indeed he really did told the truth way down in Birdland
[03:46.13] Yes indeed he did, Yard bird Parker played in Birdland
[03:54.33]
[03:55.01] Yes indeed he really did, Charlie Parker played in Birdland
[04:00.26]
[04:00.95] Bird named it, Bird made it
[04:03.76] Bird heard it, then played it
[04:06.88] Well stated Birdland
[04:08.39] It happened down in Birdland
[04:13.03]
[04:14.47] Everybody dug that beat
[04:17.72] Everybody stomped their feet
[04:20.59] Everybody digs be bop
[04:23.66] And they'll never stop
[04:25.65] Down them stairs, lose them cares
[04:28.59] Yeah, down in Birdland
[04:31.90] Total swing, Bop was king
[04:34.78] Yeah, down in Birdland
[04:37.97] Bird would cook, Max would look
[04:40.97] Yeah, down in Birdland
[04:44.09] Miles came through, trane came too
[04:47.03] Yeah, down in Birdland
[04:50.27] Basie blew, Blakie too
[04:53.09] Yeah, down in Birdland
[04:56.47] Cannonball played that hall
[04:59.40] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:02.78] Down them stairs, lose them cares
[05:05.65] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:08.84] Total swing, Bop was king
[05:11.65] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:14.97] Bird would cook, Max would look
[05:17.84] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:21.09] Miles came through, trane came too
[05:23.97] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:27.22] Basie blew, Blakie too
[05:30.28] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:33.47] Cannonball played that hall
[05:36.47] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:39.59] Down them stairs, lose them cares
[05:42.59] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:45.59] Total swing, Bop was king
[05:48.59] Yeah, down in Birdland
[05:51.60] Bird would cook, Max would look
[05:54.72] Yeah, down in Birdland