5,000 light years from Birdland

But I'm still preachin' the rythym

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

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 52nd Street

Everybody heard that word

That they named it after Bird

Where the rythym 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 may never be nothin' such as that

No more, skoo be wah, no more

Down in Birdland, that's where it was at

I know, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, I know

Back in them days Bop was ridin' high

Hello, hehehe, 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, indeed he did

Yes, he did Parker played in Birdland

Yes, he really did

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

Yes, indeed he did, Yard bird Parker played in Birdland

Yes, indeed he really did, Charlie Parker played in Birdland

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

Bird would cook, Max would look

Yeah, down in Birdland