The Offbeat Of Avenues

Big blues in the city, trailin' the
Main stroll (a kitty)
Cup o' joe, get witty. at deuce's
Cafe, it's the mostest hideaway

Mez muggles "flip zooty flim
Plant you now solid,
Dig you later slim"
First you crawl then you walk,
Scat then you talk
Hear the cool, feel the heat of the
Rhythm of the offbeat of avenues

Help me, he blew his wig
(lay it on)
He plays gutbucket doghouse dig
(chick is hot)
For the hide-beater on the stand
(really gone)
Hear that gabriel's growl
Break it up, beat it out

This canary has got a frame
(she can chirp)
And some high-jiver
Knows her name
(digs his vine)
Cats all friskin' their
Whiskers...ow
(jam is on pops)
I collar all jive, give me five
(now you dig, alive)
So i know you're alive
In the dim you've arrived

Cruel lips, whisper baby
Pulse of the neon, she's crazy
Smokin' eyes, get hazy
Like beauty to beast,
"you're the most to say the least"

(do you have any) monk,
Cozy, red, yank, or prez?
Let's cut some rug gate these skins
Are a mess
First you crawl then you walk,
Scat then you talk
It's nirvana, it's attitude
Rhythm of the offbeat of avenues

Help me, he blew his wig
(lay it on)
He plays gutbucket doghouse dig
(chick is hot)
For the hide-beater on the stand
(really gone)
Hear that gabriel's growl
Break it up, beat it out

This canary has got a frame
(she can chirp)
And some high-jiver
Knows her name
(digs his vine)
Cats all friskin' their
Whiskers...ow
(jam is on pops)
I collar all jive, give me five
(now you dig, alive)
So i know you're alive

(bouyoot
Two finger-like lickin'...
This cat, is hot friskin'...
The jam is on now)

First you crawl then you walk
(man she's a blip)
Scat then you talk
(ofay plays hip)
Comp...
Rest...
Rhythm of the off beat...

(wacky interlude)

Help me, he blew his wig
(lay it on)
He plays gutbucket doghouse dig
(chick is hot)
For the hide-beater on the stand
(really gone)
Hear that gabriel's growl
Break it up, beat it out

This canary has got a frame
(she can chirp)
And some high-jiver
Knows her name
(digs his vine)
Cats all friskin' their
Whiskers...ow
(jam is on pops)
I collar all jive, give me five
(now you dig, alive)
So i know you're alive

(repeat and fade)

Dig!
Y' really wanna flip your lid?
Try and give a listen to the singer
Hip or square, dig her wares
When money's stiff
She's thrivin' on a riff
She turns the major
Into minor cool
In her town she's reknown,
She's their crowl jewel of jazz

She's brazen, simply amazin'
(when she sings)
Her phrasin's jus' like a saxophone
(misty eyes)

Workin' in the daytime, jammin'
Ev'ry night (

Adios mi corazon iberia
Adios mi corazon adios
Adios, adios iberia
Adios, adios iberia

Adios my pablo
You know how much we'll miss you
When you finally leave us
Vaya con dios

Over the water came a
Brother driven mad
Puttin' forth a heathen horde
On his people
To blacken human spirit'll
Make the devil glad -- glad
Things like that will make
The devil glad
Make the devil so glad
You fight your brother
Tryin' t' fight your brother
Drives you mad
And madness blinds you pablo

Mi pais, mi catalonia -- when?
When you comin' home?
When you comin' home?
Well, my heart is near home
Ever home
None play our music
None paint our pictures
None make our spirit glow
My body's leaving but not me
Your face we will see
On the day that we're free
So go -- pablo
When danger threatens i must flee

The darkness comes
With a roll of the drums

Dark! dark!

All the people work
Yet there is no pay
No pay -- low pay
All the people work
Yet the children hunger on, pablo

Hear me say madre, mi madre
The everlasting light of art
Will ever shine
As long as i'm away from home
The devil strikes without warning
Turn life's wheel aroun'
Black is white, wrong is right,
Up is down

Life is heavy 'neath these
New conquistadores
Los conquistadores acted nice
While at home
Madre
Mi madre
Mi padre
I know that you're the music
And the beauty
All i ever do
Is to keep the lamp of beauty
Burning bright to keep it alive
Keep the light alive
To keep the light alive
Keep the light alive
That's a light s' gotta live

All the people work
All the people pray
We miss you
All the people pray
For your safe returning (oh pablo)
Will you, will you, will you,
Will you, will you please
Cast an eye overseas,
Over there, over there
Over there around the
Hispaniolas -- si cuba
Hombre cubano,
El comprende como sta?
Adios, mi corazon, iberia
Adios, o' little sons of iberia
Adios, adios, adios
Adios

Scarecrow, weathered and weary
Fragile and old beyond his years
Here we are - chosen
In your eyes, the truth lies frozen

Soldier in the city heat
Refugee in every street
And life goes by
Standing in the pouring rain

(chorus)
He's a gentleman with a family
A gentle man, living day to day
He's a gentleman with pride,
One may conclude
Sign reads, gentleman with a
Family will work for food

Shadows haunting his tired eyes
Reaching beyond the empty hand
Here we are, the chosen
In your eyes, the truth lies, frozen

Soldier in the city heat
Refugee on any street
And life goes by
An apostle to these worn out souls

He's a gentleman with a family
A gentle man, living day to day
He's a gentleman with pride,
One may conclude
Sign reads, gentleman with a
Family will work for food

A boy, a girl, two souls that grow
Two different directions
Away they go
How so? well, to feel a flow,
For love to show we must know
To say what we mean,
Mean what we say
It's just like it seems
So take time to pray for her
She will see love as a blur
That's when the pain will occur
Word!

She will fall so far and
Won't know who you are
Her strange heart
Won't see the danger
The passion for love,
No way to save her
So treasure her heavenly pleasure
Beyond all measure
Just reassure her that
You love her
That you love her

It's such a mystery sharing
Your passionate pleasures
You wrestle with your soul,
Your dreams won't last forever
It hurts to love it so, who knows
When the heart is a stranger's
Then pray for one who sees, your
Way through the untold dangers

It's a world, it's alive,
It's a look in your eyes
It's a touch, it's a kiss,
It's a reason to fly

Women in love
(searchin' the night, lookin' for
Light, prayin' for one who sees)
Women in love
(hopin' to find some peace of mind
Not just a fantasy)
Women in love
(a hopeless dream of love supreme
Not what it seems to be)
Fall so far

Your fallen angel's come
Time torn from the heavenly fire
You'll have to bite your tongue,
It's intensity's desire
You can say what you mean,
Feel you know who you are
Looking into the eyes
Like a child in the dark

(repeat chorus)

Fall so hard
It's a world, it's alive,
It's a look in your eyes
It's a touch, it's a kiss,
It's a reason to fly
You can say what you mean
Feel you know who you are
Looking into the eyes
Like a child in the dark

Women in love
(searchin' the night, lookin' for
Light, prayin' for one who sees)
Women in love
(hopin' to find some peace of mind
Not just a fantasy)
Women in love
(into the night, lover's delight,
Shakin' in ecstasy)
Women in love
(searchin' the night, lookin' for
Light, prayin' for one who sees)
Women in love
(a hopeless dream of love supreme
Not what it seems to be)
Fall so far

It was cool in the fifties scattin' to
Jazz and be-bop
It was the sound they were throwin' down
From la to new york and
In every town

And with the rhythm in your souls
Add a hip-hop and bop n'
Just so ya know
This thing it's back swing is king,
Call it new jack

(chorus)
What goes around, comes around
(and that's the way it goes)
What goes around comes around and
Comes around
Like that, a riff and a rhythm
What goes around, comes around
(and that's the way it goes)
What goes around, comes around
Like that, like that

Round, round and round
Round we go
Round, round and round
Round we go

People stomped in the cities
Jumpin' to the groove of the music
They rocked and jammed
With the hipster clan
In the clubs, in the streets
And on every beat
And with the be-bop in their souls
They took the swing thing and
Started to roll
And now it's a fact a little hip-hop
And bop has found a way back

(repeat chorus)

Be-bop, hip-hop,
Hep hop don't stop
Be-bop, hip-hop,
Add pop don't stop

(rap)
Bix he had a bag of tricks
Parker came along exactly when
He changed the mix
Sax made a bang,
Monk made a change
And be-bop laid the tracks
For the coltrane
They were getting busy,
A trumpet pumped
Your head got dizzy and
You started to bump
They had a style,
Beat was the backbone
You could see for miles,
Mr. philly joe jones

You may not realize swing
Was here before
Because it's disguised and we've
Added so much more
The time is now to show you how
To get the groove into your shoes

(repeat chorus)
Round, round and round
Round we go
Round, round and round
Round we go
(repeat)
What goes around and round
Must come around and around
(repeat)