Birdland (LP Version)-The Manhattan Transfer

[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