Karaoké Birdland Manhattan Transfer

Five thousand light years from Birdland

But I'm still preachin' the rythm

Long gone uptight years from Birdland

And I'm still teachin' it with 'em

Years from the land of the Bird

And I am still feelin' the spirit

Five thousand 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

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 rythm swooped and swirled the jazz corner of the world

And the cats they gigged in there were beyond compare

Birdland I'm singing Birdland

Birdland old swingin' Birdland

Hey man the music really turns you on really

Ya turn me around and 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

Blakie too

Where? Down in Birdland

Cannonball played that hall there down in Birdland yeah

There will never be nothin' such as that

No more skoobedoo wah no more

Down in Birdland that's where it was at

I know, ah ah ah ah ah ah I know

Back in them days

Bop was ridin' high

Hello heh heh heh heh heh 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 those cats were cookin' on people just sat and they were steady lookin' on

Then Bird he came and spread the word Birdland

Yes indeed he did

Yes indeed he did

Yes he did

Parker played in Birdland

Yes indeed he really did told the truth way down in Birdland

Yes indeed he did

Yard bird Parker played in Birdland

Five thousand 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

Everybody dug that beat everybody stomped their feet

Everybody digs be bop and 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

Blakie too yeah, down in Birdland

Cannonball played that hall yeah, down in Birdland

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

Blakie too yeah, down in Birdland

Cannonball played that hall yeah, down in Birdland

Down them stairs lose them cares yeah, down in Birdland

Total swing

Bop was king yeah, down in Birdland