Have You Met Chet!

Straight to the top

How could you ever lose

Guess you must have had it all

To be a star on the jazz scene

Try to keep it clean

They came to see you

Managers came too

Play ballads that will live forever

Taking what you get

It wasn't what it should have been

So you call on blue

And the memories seem to be so far away

Or so they say

Down on your luck

You picked it up again to rise up above them all

In Europe there was an uproar

Knocked you down once more

Look up the door

Never give in and play

With all the life that is around you

That's what I hear you say

You know that I'm with you Chet

That's right I am with you here today

Have you met Chet?

And had some time to spare

To kick back a notch or two

It's like a ride in a big car

Chet, you went so far they're following you

The style with which you blew

Time has a way of drifting by us

Feeling what you gave

It melts away the blues in me

So those days are gone

But the melodies that you played will carry on

An endless song

Sad in a way

You know the way it goes

The music keeps moving on

As if each set was the last one

Place your horn once more

One, two, three, four

Never give in and play

With all the life that is around you

That's what I hear you say

You know that I'm with you Chet

That's right I am with you here today