Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Jazz At The Bookstore, artist - Ron Sexsmith. Album song Time Being, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.2005
Record label: Ronboy Rhymes
Song language: English
Jazz At The Bookstore |
Lead Belly’s in the background |
Being drowned out by the grind |
He’s singing ‘bout 'Rock Island Line' |
Nobody seems to pay him any mind |
Bestsellers and bookshelves |
Full of self-help printed word |
Some faint, elegance is heard |
Now was that Ellington or Bird? |
And has it really come to this? |
Can ignorance be bliss? |
I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop |
Jazz at the bookstore |
And Blues in the coffee shop |
Jazz at the bookstore |
And Blues in the coffee shop |
There’s a man standing at the crossroads |
With a dark roast in his hand |
He’s livin' in white yuppy land |
Over by the milk and sugar stand |
And have I really come for this |
Cup of caffeinated bliss? |
So we browse around all over town |
Sipping coffees that we can’t pronounce |
Meanwhile in the Blues Cemetery |
All the coffins commence to bounce, bounce |
Lead Belly’s in the cold ground |
Rolling over in his grave |
The hard road where so many slaved |
Is now so smooth and paved |
And has it really come to this? |
Can ignorance be bliss? |
I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop |
Jazz at the bookstore |
And Blues in the coffee shop |
Jazz at the bookstore |
And Blues in the coffee shop |
Jazz at the bookstore |
And Blues in the coffee shop |