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

And 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

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

And 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!

Really, y' turn me aroun'

'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', skoobedoo wah no mo'

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 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, he did, Parker played at Birdland

Yes, indeed, he really did

Told the truth down way down in Birdland

Yes, indeed he did,

Yardbird Parker played in Birdland

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

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,

Blakey 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,

Blakey 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