[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