She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself

You got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours
You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me, oh sister

Me, I only knew here as an acid jazz singer, come on
I said, "I'd love to contradict you but my life's a joke, oh sister"

She said, "Don't you look ridiculous?", I checked her out meticulously
And I would've stopped to argue but my teeth were broke
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
Well, I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
It's all based on speculation, seems a crazy occupation to me
Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger
She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself
Come on, come on, come on
Well, I haven't seen her lately, man I have to ring her
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
'Cause nothing comes easy or it just comes free

Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
And though I didn't much believe her I was bound to call
Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger
The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
Put your hands together for the acid jazz singer, come on
I really didn't want to miss a single thing at all, oh sister
Well, I cannot claim this advice as my own
And it's one time keep it slow, wind them up and here we go

Come on, come on, come on
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 learned it in the gutter one night coming home
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
She said I'm no genius and I've lost myself