Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Birdland , by - Manhattan Transfer. Release date: 24.01.1994
Song language: English
Birdland |
| 5000 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 |
| 5000 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| There will 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, heh heh heh heh heh, 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 |