Birdland

5,000 light years from Birdland

But I'm still preachin' the rhythm

Long gone, uptight years from Birdland

An' I'm still teachin' it with 'em

Years from the land of the Bird

An' I am still feelin' the spirit

5,000 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

Oh!

In the middle of that hub

I remember one jazz club

Where we went to pat feet

Down on fifty-second street

Everybody heard that word

That they named it after Bird

Where the rhythm swooped and swirled

The jazz corner of the world

An' the cats they gigged in there

Were beyond compare

Birdland, I'm singin' Birdland

Birdland, ol' swingin' Birdland

Hey, man, the music really turns you on!

Y' turn me on

Really, y' turn me around'

'N 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, Blakey too, where?

Down in Birdland

Cannonball played that hall there

Down in Birdland

Yeah

There may never be nothin' such as that

No mo', No mo'

Down in Birdland, that's where it was at

I know, I know

Back in them days bop was ridin' high

Hello, 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 o' the cats had the cookin' on

People just sat an' they was steady lookin' on

Then Bird, he came 'n spread the word

Birdland

Yes, indeed, he did

Yes, indeed, he did

Yes, indeed, he did

Yes, he did, Parker played at Birdland

Yes, he really did

Yes, indeed, he really did

Yes, indeed, he did

Told the truth down in Birdland

Yes, indeed he did, Charlie 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

An' 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, Blakey too yeah!

Down in Birdland

Cannonball played that hall yeah!

Down in Birdland

(Come in pairs down them stairs, lose y' cares)

Down them stairs, lose them cares yeah!

(Them that dares gits it!)

Down in Birdland

(Pay the gate, don't be late)

Total swing! Bop was king yeah!

(It's a date! Whattay' know)

Down in Birdland

(If y' dig, then you'll dig, it's a groove)

Bird would cook, Max would look yeah!

(Quite a groove, 'cause y' t' move)

Down in Birdland

(Come in twos, pay your dues)

Miles came through, 'trane came too yeah!

(What can you lose?)

(Just your blues!)

Down in Birdland

(So lose them!)

Basie blew, Blakey too yeah!

(The band swingin' one and all and what a ball!)

Down in Birdland

(Yeah!)

Cannonball played that hall yeah!

(Music is good, music is better than good)

(Pretty good)

Down in Birdland

(Very nice)

(Really very good things are bein' like they should)

Down them stairs, lose y' cares yeah!

(Very good, very good, very good)

Down in Birdland

(All y' gotta do is lend an ear)

(An' listen to it)

Total swing! Bop was king yeah!

(Then y' dig a little sooner than soon)

(You'll be diggin' everything diggin' all the music)

Down in Birdland

(What a ball!)

Bird would cook, Max would look yeah!

(How y' gonna figure out)

(A way t' bring it all about amid a)

Down in Birdland

(Lot o' other music on the set'n on)

(The scene know what I mean?)