Birdland

5,000 light years from Birdland
 But I'm still preachin' the rythym
 Long gone uptight years from Birdland
 And I'm still teachin' it with 'em
 Years from the land of the Bird
 And I am still feelin' the spirit
 5,000 light years from Birdland
 But I know people can hear it
 Bird named it, Bird made it
 Bird heard it, then played it
 Well stated, Birdland
 It happened down in Birdland
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 In the middle of that hub
 I remember one jazz club
 Where we went to pat feet
 Down on 52nd Street
 Everybody heard that word
 That they named it after Bird
 Where the rythym swooped and swirled
 The jazz corner of the world
 And the cats they gigged in there
 Were beyond compare
 Birdland, I'm singing Birdland
 Birdland, old swingin' Birdland
 Hey man, the music really turns you on
 Really? Ya turn me around and turn me on
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 Down them stairs, lose them cares
 Where? Down in Birdland
 Total swing, Bop was king there
 Down in Birdland
 Bird would cook, Max would look
 Where? Down in Birdland
 Miles came through, 'Trane came too there
 Down in Birdland
 Basie blew, Blakie too
 Where? Down in Birdland
 Cannonball played that hall there
 Down in Birdland, yeah
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 There may never be nothin' such as that
 No more, skoo be wah, no more
 Down in Birdland, that's where it was at
 I know, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, I know
 Back in them days Bop was ridin' high
 Hello, hehehe, goodbye!
 How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig
 To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig
 Yeah, that club was like in another world
 Sure enough, yeah, baby
 All those cats were cookin' on
 People just sat and they were steady lookin' on
 Then Bird, he came and spread the word
 Birdland
 Yes, indeed he did
 Yes, indeed he did
 Yes, indeed he did
 Yes, he did Parker played in Birdland
 Yes, he really did
 Yes, indeed he really did, told the truth way down in Birdland
 Yes, indeed he did, Yard bird Parker played in Birdland
 Yes, indeed he really did, Charlie Parker played in Birdland
 Bird named it, Bird made it
 Bird heard it, then played it
 Well stated, Birdland
 It happened down in Birdland
 Everybody dug that beat
 Everybody stomped their feet
 Everybody digs be bop
 And they'll never stop
 Down them stairs, lose them cares
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Total swing, Bop was king
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Bird would cook, Max would look
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Miles came through, 'Trane came too
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Basie blew, Blakie too
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Cannonball played that hall
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Down them stairs, lose them cares
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Total swing, Bop was king
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Bird would cook, Max would look
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Miles came through, 'Trane came too
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Basie blew, Blakie too
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Cannonball played that hall
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Down them stairs, lose them cares
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Total swing, Bop was king
 Yeah, down in Birdland
 Bird would cook, Max would look
 Yeah, down in Birdland