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Artist/Band:
The Manhattan Transfer
Lyrics for Song: Airegin
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - The Manhattan Transfer
Wait'll y'dig it on the map - Airegin
Spelled backwards
Really're closin' up the gap - Airegin
Gone fac'wards
Back long time ago they saw a ghost
Ghost made a boast
Soon that ghost was host
(Repeat first 8 bars)
Those losing their hue
They goofed 'n got the wrong view
First, things reverse, last is first!
Y' dig it!
Whatta' y' think o'that'n get a load a'
What I tell y'
What this place is no one knows it
There's no traces of the kind o'place it was
Before it got "discovered" by the kind o'
Cat that knows the earth belongs t'him
Back when the world was young
An' man was a living god
An' he walked this earthly sod
This was sod that god would trod on
Till one day a stranger landed
With a line o'jive
Laid it on the natives till he had 'em thinkin'
Maybe that they should really take five
An' he quickly stole the natives' soul
So he could control it
An' he took care of that missionary biz
Till the lan' was his
Never heard a story draggy as that
Tell th' truth I ain't never heard another
That exasperated more
What an exasperating narrative t'play
Upon the sensitive and kindly soul that I am
'Way back when I was crawlin' in m'crib
I was doin' all kinds o'thinkin'
Aw'ready I had figured out the 'cut of m'jib'
The kind o'soul that never liked t'tell 'r live a fib
A body who was steadily reachin' up
A min' always thinkin' on high-minded things
Whee! I was always one t'be free
Ain't never had a keeper why don't people
Learn t'git along t'gether stead o'
Meddlin' aroun' 'n fussin' with the fella nearest to 'em
Me, I'm the old fashioned kind
I was never good at follow-the-leader
Real real real real real real real
That's me, as real as a Yankee can be
That's me
Millions o' years ago
There was a Paleolithic age on Earth
An' the whole world was young
And full o'the vim of constant rebirth
Brontosauruses 'n dinosaurs 'n pterodactyls
Ever'where abounding that was the case
'N plus the millions o' mammoths here 'n there
An' in addition there were lots o'men everywhere
Who had no hi-tech and no intellect 'nary a speck
But in that spot
Where it was so lush, where it was so hot
Where many animal was roamin'
An' nature was kind, life was thrivin'
There livin' was actual an' the feelin' was natural
I'm tellin' the truth
What-a-benign livin' some livin'
All's forgiven come on home
Blew a truly unruly storm
That wrecked a boat in a climate warm
'N full o'ashy-colored cats all lookin'
White like ghosts
'N when the natives checked 'em out
It blew 'em away t'find that they resembled spirits
Long ago there was a legend
'Bout a spirit who would someday come
A look at these cats
'N y' could see they prob'ly had some
So they welcomed 'em with peace and love
And everything there's plenty of
'N soon the tables had turned to rigormortis
That's when the castaway had his say
Like a dog had his day they told the
People that they were spirits actual
Y'see how perfectly a fable c'n be
Incorporated into what a cat'll think is factual
What was an accident turns int' something
So unbelievably heaven-sent
Everybody falls for it
Right on down t' the militants
'N marchin' 'n the martyrs 'n the murder of Lumumba
Wait'll y'dig it on the map - Airegin
Spelled backwards
Really're closin' up the gap - Airegin
Gone fac'wards
Back long time ago they saw a ghost
Ghost made a boast
Soon that ghost was host
Wait'll y'dig it on the map - Airegin
Spelled backwards
Really're closin' up the gap - Airegin
Gone fac'wards
Those losing their hue
They goofed 'n got the wrong view
First, things reverse, last is first!
Y' dig it!
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| Album Lyrics: Other Songs - The Manhattan Transfer |
The Manhattan Transfer
"Other Songs - The Manhattan Transfer"
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| | 1. | 10 Minutes Till The Savages Come | | 2. | 15 Minute Intermission | | 3. | A - Tisket, A - Tasket | | 4. | A Gal In Calico | | 5. | A Kiss To Build A Dream On | | 6. | A Nightingale Sang In Berkley Square | | 7. | A World Apart | | 8. | Agua | | 9. | Airegin | | 10. | Along Comes Mary | | 11. | American Pop | | 12. | Another Night In Tunisia | | 13. | Baby Come Back To Me (The Morse Code Of Love) | | 14. | Bacon Fat | | 15. | Birdland | | 16. | Blee Blop Blues | | 17. | Blue Champagne | | 18. | Blue Serenade | | 19. | Boy From New York City | | 20. | Candy | | 21. | Capim | | 22. | Caroling, Caroling | | 23. | Choo Choo Ch' Boogie | | 24. | Christmas Time Is Here | | 25. | Clap Your Hands | | 26. | Clouds (Adapted From 'nuages') | | 27. | Code Of Ethics | | 28. | Confide In Me | | 29. | Coo Coo U | | 30. | Dead Or Alive | | 31. | Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans | | 32. | Down South Camp Meetin' | | 33. | Dream Lover | | 34. | Foreign Affair | | 35. | Four Brothers | | 36. | Freddy Morris Monologue | | 37. | Gentleman With A Family | | 38. | Gloria | | 39. | Gone Fishin' | | 40. | Good King Wenceslas | | 41. | Goodbye Love | | 42. | Goodnight | | 43. | Groovin' | | 44. | Happy Holiday/the Holiday Season (Medley) | | 45. | Hard Day | | 46. | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | | 47. | Hear The Voices | | 48. | Heart's Desire | | 49. | Hot Fun In The Summertime | | 50. | How High The Moon | | 51. | I Don't Like Anyone | | 52. | I Know Why | | 53. | I Second That Emotion | | 54. | I'll Be Home For Christmas | | 55. | In A Mellow Tone | | 56. | In The Dark | | 57. | Intro | | 58. | It Came Upon The Midnight Clear | | 59. | It's Gonna Take A Miracle | | 60. | It's Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) | | 61. | It's Not The Spotlight | | 62. | Je Voulais (Te Dire Que Je T'attends) | | 63. | Jeannine | | 64. | Jingle Bells | | 65. | Kafka | | 66. | Kiss And Say Goodbye | | 67. | La-La Means I Love You | | 68. | Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow | | 69. | Let's Hang On | | 70. | Love For Sale | | 71. | Malaise En Malaisie | | 72. | Meet Benny Bailey | | 73. | Metropolis | | 74. | Move | | 75. | My Cat Fell In The Well (Well! Well! Well!) | | 76. | My Foolish Heart | | 77. | My Grown Up Christmas List | | 78. | Mystery | | 79. | Notes From The Underground | | 80. | Nothin' You Can Do About It | | 81. | Occapella | | 82. | Oh Yes, I Remember Clifford | | 83. | Old Man Mose | | 84. | On A Little Street In Singapore | | 85. | On The Boulevard | | 86. | Operator | | 87. | Pieces Of Dreams | | 88. | Poinciana | | 89. | Rambo | | 90. | Ray's Rockhouse | | 91. | Route 66 | | 92. | S. O. S. | | 93. | S.O.S | | 94. | Safronia B | | 95. | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/santa Man | | 96. | Sassy | | 97. | Save The Last Dance For Me | | 98. | Shaker Song | | 99. | Silent Night, Holy Night | | 100. | Sing A Study In Brown | | 101. | Sing Joy Spring | | 102. | Sing Moten's Swing | | 103. | Sing You Sinners | | 104. | Single Girl | | 105. | Skyliner | | 106. | Smile Again | | 107. | Snootie Little Cutie | | 108. | Snowfall | | 109. | So You Say | | 110. | Soldier Of Fortune | | 111. | Soul Food To Go | | 112. | Spice Of Life | | 113. | Stars Fell On Alabama | | 114. | Stomp Of King Porter | | 115. | Sugar (That Sugar Baby O'mine) | | 116. | Sunday | | 117. | Sweet Talkin' Guy | | 118. | That Cat Is High | | 119. | That's Killer Joe | | 120. | That's The Way It Goes | | 121. | The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) | | 122. | The Duke Of Dubuque | | 123. | The Further Adventures Of Tubby The Tuba | | 124. | The Jungle Pioneer (Viola Violar) | | 125. | The Night That Monk Returned To Heaven | | 126. | The Offbeat Of Avenues | | 127. | The Quietude (Encuentro De Animales) | | 127. | The Thrill Is Gone | | 127. | The Zoo Blues | | 127. | This Independence | | 127. | Too Busy Thinking About My Baby | | 127. | Topsy | | 127. | Toyland | | 127. | Trickle Trickle | | 127. | Tubby At The Circus | | 127. | Tubby Meets A Jazz Band | | 127. | Turn Me Loose | | 127. | Tuxedo Junction | | 127. | Twilight Zone | | 127. | Unchained Melody | | 127. | Until I Met You (Corner Pocket) | | 127. | Up A Lazy River | | 127. | Wacky Dust | | 127. | What Goes Around Comes Around | | 127. | When You Wish Upon A Star | | 127. | Where Did Our Love Go | | 127. | Who, What, Where, When, Why | | 127. | Why Not! (Manhattan Carnival) | | 127. | Winter Wonderland | | 127. | Women In Love | | 127. | You Can Depend On Me | | 127. | You'se A Viper |
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