Acid Jazz Singer

Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger
She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
Me, I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
And though I didn't much believe her I was bound to call
Well, I cannot claim this advice as my own

Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger

Me, I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
And it's one time keep it slow, wind them up and here we go
I said, "I'd love to contradict you but my life's a joke, oh sister"
It's all based on speculation, seems a crazy occupation to me
I learned it in the gutter one night coming home
She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
She said, "Don't you look ridiculous?", I checked her out meticulously

The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
You got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours
Put your hands together for the acid jazz singer, come on
'Cause nothing comes easy or it just comes free
And it's one time keep it slow, wind them up and here we go
You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me, oh sister
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow

Me, I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
I really didn't want to miss a single thing at all, oh sister
Come on, come on, come on
Well, I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she
She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself

And it's one time keep it slow, wind them up and here we go
Well, I haven't seen her lately, man I have to ring her
And I would've stopped to argue but my teeth were broke