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Doodlin'
1,490
Jazz
Doodlin' was released on January 1, 1961 by Original Jazz Classics as a part of the album Rah!
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AlbumRah!
Release DateJanuary 1, 1961
LabelOriginal Jazz Classics
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM121

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mark Murphy
Mark Murphy
Vocals
Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
Conductor
Clark Terry
Clark Terry
Trumpet
Blue Mitchell
Blue Mitchell
Trumpet
Joe Wilder
Joe Wilder
Trumpet
Bernie Glow
Bernie Glow
Trumpet
Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
Trumpet
Jimmy Cleveland
Jimmy Cleveland
Trombone
Urbie Green
Urbie Green
Trombone
Melba Liston
Melba Liston
Trombone
Wynton Kelly
Wynton Kelly
Piano
Bill Evans
Bill Evans
Piano
Barry Galbraith
Barry Galbraith
Guitar
Sam Herman
Sam Herman
Guitar
George Duvivier
George Duvivier
Upright Bass
Art Davis
Art Davis
Upright Bass
Jimmy Cobb
Jimmy Cobb
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Songwriter
Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
Songwriter
Ernie Wilkins
Ernie Wilkins
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Orrin Keepnews
Orrin Keepnews
Producer
Bill Grauer
Bill Grauer
Producer
Ray Fowler
Ray Fowler
Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Using the phone booth, making a few calls
Doodling weird things using the booth walls
I got me a big date, waiting for my chick
Putting her face on, so she can look slick
I enjoy procrastinating
'Cause I'm busy while I'm waiting
Doodling away
Sitting and dining, dinner beginning
Started designing, using the linen
Talking to my date, doodling my bit
The waiter got salty, he told me to please quit
Told the waiter, "Don't be dizzy
Can't you see I'm very busy
Doodling away?"
"Do you doodle all day?"
Said the waiter in his way
"Do you doodle all night?"
Told the waiter he was right
"In your doodling way"
"That's the way I'm gonna stay"
"Are you painting things right?
Doodling sheds a lot of light"
"Shoo! I don't know what to do"
"Ain't nothing you can do
This old doodly you
Doodling's all I want to do
Yeah, that's for true"
Why does every single thing I see
Look exactly like a doodle to me?
If I ever have a doubt
What life is all about
I get my pencil out and then commence to doodle
'Cause I find it's real relaxing
Especially when I find that life is really taxing
Those weird designs
They only show what's going on in weird minds
'Cause when you doodle
Then your doodle's fine blind
Every little thing that you write
Just conceivably might
Be a thought that you captured
While caught in a wink
Doodling takes you beyond what you see
And you draw what you think
I feel so lost without my doodling
Doodling really helps me ease my mind
I'd be tempest-tossed without my doodling
When I'm doodling there's one thing I find
Truly I've really, truly
Want to figure out what my doodling's all about
Later the waiter had me arrested
Took me to Bellevue where I was tested
Had me a doctor probing my noodle
'Fore he was half done, taught him to doodle
Showed him hidden thoughts that linger
Find an outlet through your finger
Doodling away
Doctor was real nice, told me to be cool
Looked at the waiter, called him the real fool
Looked at my baby, told me he dug her
Got me to doodling, so he could bug her
When he put his arms around her
Quite to his surprise he found her
Doodling away
Doodling away
Doodling away
We just doodle all day
Written by: Horace Silver, Jon Hendricks
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