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Manhattan Transfer
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BIRDLAND
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5,000 light years from Birdland
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But I'm still preachin' the rhythm
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Long-gone, uptight years from Birdland
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An' I'm still teachin' it with 'em
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Years from the land of the Bird
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An' I am still feelin' the spirit
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5,000 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, 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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Oh!
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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 fifty-secon' 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 rhythm swooped and swirled
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The jazz corner of the world
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An' the cats they gigged in there
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Were beyond compare
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Birdland - I'm singin' Birdland
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Birdland - Ol' swingin' Birdland
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Hey, man, the music really turns you on!
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Y' turn me on,
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Really, y' turn me aroun'
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'N turn me on
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Down them stairs, lose them cares - where?
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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 - where?
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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, Blakey too - where?
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Down in Birdland
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Cannonball played that hall - there
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Down in Birdland
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Yeah---
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There may never be nothin' such as that
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No Mo' - No Mo'
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Down in Birdland, that's where it was at
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I know - I know
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Back in them days bop was ridin' high
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Hello! ' goodbye!
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How well those cats remember
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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--
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In another world, sure enough--
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Yeah, baby
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All o' the cats had the cookin' on
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People just sat an' they was steady lookin' on
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Then Bird--he came ' 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 at Birdland
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Yes, he really did
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Yes, indeed, he really did
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Yes, he really did
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Told the truth down in Birdland
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Yes, indeed he did, Yardbird Parker played in
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Birdland
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Yes, indeed, he really did
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Charlie Parker played in Birdland
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Bird named it, Bird made it, Bird heard it,
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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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An' they'll never stop
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Down them stairs, lose them cares - yeah!
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Down in Birdland
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Total swing! bop was king - yeah!
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Down in Birdland
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Bird would cook, Max would look - yeah,
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Down in Birdland
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Miles came through, 'Trane came too - yeah!
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Down in Birdland
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Basie blew, Blakey too - yeah!
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Down in Birdland
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Cannonball played that hall - yeah
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Down in Birdland
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Down them stairs, lose them cares - yeah
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Down in Birdland
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Total swing! bop was king - yeah
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Down in Birdland
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Bird would cook, Max would look - yeah,
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Down in Birdland
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Miles came through, 'Trane came too - yeah!
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Down in Birdland
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Basie blew, Blakey too - yeah!
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Down in Birdland
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Cannonball played that hall - yeah
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Down in Birdland
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Down them stairs, lose y' cares -yeah
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Down in Birdland
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Total swing! bop was king - yeah
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Down in Birdland
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Bird would cook, Max would look - yeah,
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Down in Birdland
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Background Solo:
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Come in pairs down them stairs, lose y' cares
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Them that dares gits it!
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Pay the gate, don't be late
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It's a date! - whattay' know
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If y' dig, then you'll dig, it's a groove
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Quite a groove, 'cause y' t' move
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Come in twos, pay your dues
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What can you lose?
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Just your blues!
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So lose them!
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The band swingin' one and all and what a ball!
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Yeah!
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Music is good, music is better than good
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Pretty good
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Very nice
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Really very good - things are bein' like they should
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Very good -- very good -- very good
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All y' gotta do is lend an ear
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An' listen to it
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Then y' dig a little sooner than soon
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You'll be diggin' everything diggin' all the music
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What a ball!
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How y' gonna figure out
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A way t' bring it all about amid a
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Lot o' other music on the set' on
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The scene know what I mean?
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How y' gonna separate the music from the scene
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'Gonna have t' keep the memory clean
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Y' gonna hear a lotta' sound -- a lotta soun'
The Manhattan Transfer - Birdland (1992)
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