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Doodlin'
4,347
Jazz
Doodlin' was released on January 15, 1958 by Verve Reissues as a part of the album No Count Sarah
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Release DateJanuary 15, 1958
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM93

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sarah Vaughan
Sarah Vaughan
Vocals
Richard Davis
Richard Davis
Double Bass
Sonny Payne
Sonny Payne
Drums
Freddie Green
Freddie Green
Guitar
Ronnell Bright
Ronnell Bright
Piano
Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
Saxophone
Charlie Fowlkes
Charlie Fowlkes
Saxophone
Frank Foster
Frank Foster
Saxophone
Frank Wess
Frank Wess
Saxophone
Marshall Royal
Marshall Royal
Saxophone
Al Grey
Al Grey
Trombone
Benny Powell
Benny Powell
Trombone
Henry Coker
Henry Coker
Trombone
Eugene Young
Eugene Young
Trumpet
Thad Jones
Thad Jones
Trumpet
Wendell Culley
Wendell Culley
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jon Hendricks
Jon Hendricks
Songwriter
Horace Silver
Horace Silver
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jack Tracy
Jack Tracy
Producer
Bob Fine
Bob Fine
Engineer

Lyrics

Using the phone booth
Making a few calls
Doodling weird things
Using the booth walls
Got me a big date
Waiting for my cat
Putting his vine on
So he can look dapper
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 man
Doodling my bit
Waiter got salty
Told me to please quit
Told the waiter, "Don't be dizzy
Can't you see I'm very busy
Doodling away?"
Doo-doo, doodle all day
Said the waiter in his way
Doo-doo, 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
I don't know what to do
Ain't nothing you can do
Without doodling you
Doodling's all I wanna do
That's for true
Why does every single thing I see
Look exactly like a doodle to me?
If I ever had a doubt
What life is all about
I'd get my pencil out
And then commence to doodling
And I find it so relaxing
Especially when I feel
That life is really taxing
Those weird designs
They only show what's going on
In weird minds
'Cause when you doodle
Then your noodle's flying blind
Every little thing that you write
Just conceivably might
Be a thought that you captured
While gawping away
Doodling takes you beyond what you think
Then you draw what you think
I'd feel so lost without my doodling
It 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 really, really, really, truly
Wanna 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 him to feel free
Got him to doodling so he could bug me
When he put his arms around me
Quite to his surprise, it's all me
Doodling away
We just doodle all day
Written by: Horace W. Silver, Jon Hendricks
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