Birdland

Cannonball played that hall
Where? Down in Birdland
I know, ah ah ah ah ah, I know
Yeah, down in Birdland
Yes indeed he did
Back in them days Bop was ridin' high
Yeah, down in Birdland
Long gone uptight years from Birdland
Where? Down in Birdland
Yeah, down in Birdland

Then Bird, he came and spread the word
Yeah, down in Birdland
Yes indeed he did, Yard bird Parker played in Birdland
How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig
Bird would cook, Max would look
Total swing, Bop was king there
Years from the land of the Bird
But I know people can hear it

Hey man, the music really turns you on
Down on 52nd Street
Cannonball played that hall
It happened down in Birdland
Where the rythym swooped and swirled

People just sat and they were steady lookin' on
Yeah, down in Birdland
Bird would cook, Max would look
Yeah, that club was like in another world
Down in Birdland, that's where it was at
Were beyond compare
Yeah, down in Birdland
I remember one jazz club

Miles came through, trane came too there
In the middle of that hub
Yeah, down in Birdland
Total swing, Bop was king
Bird named it, Bird made it
Yes indeed he did
To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig
Down them stairs, lose them cares
Where? Down in Birdland
Yes indeed he really did, Charlie Parker played in Birdland
Hello, heh heh heh heh heh, goodbye!
Down them stairs, lose them cares
And I'm still teachin' it with 'em
Everybody dug that beat
Yes indeed he really did told the truth way down in Birdland

Where we went to pat feet
Basie blew, Blakie too
Total swing, Bop was king
Birdland
Yeah, down in Birdland
5000 light years from Birdland
All those cats were cookin' on
No more, skoo be wah, no more
Yeah, down in Birdland
Bird would cook, Max would look

And they'll never stop
And I am still feelin' the spirit
Birdland, old swingin' Birdland
Everybody digs be bop
And the cats they gigged in there

Really? Ya turn me around and turn me on

Everybody stomped their feet
Down them stairs, lose them cares
Sure enough, yeah baby
Basie blew, Blakie too
Well stated Birdland
Yes indeed he did
Miles came through, trane came too
Yes he really did
Down in Birdland, yeah
Yeah, down in Birdland
Yeah, down in Birdland
Yeah, down in Birdland

Everybody heard that word
Bird named it, Bird made it
Yeah, down in Birdland
Bird heard it, then played it
There will never be nothin' such as that
Yes he did Parker played in Birdland
Basie blew, Blakie too

Down them stairs, lose them cares
Bird would cook, Max would look
Yeah, down in Birdland
Down in Birdland
Birdland, I'm singing Birdland
Cannonball played that hall there
Well stated Birdland
That they named it after Bird
Bird heard it, then played it

Total swing, Bop was king
It happened down in Birdland
The jazz corner of the world
Down in Birdland
Miles came through, trane came too