5000 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 5000 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
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