Hornsby Bruce Swing Street Lyrics

Swing Street Lyrics

I heard you say that tonight's the night

 You say there's a party going on

 I'm in the door like an old 78 side

 And I hear 'em out hitting on a Coleman song

 My friend John with a mirror and a spoon

 Got a belt and mainline scene

 A couple getting off in the back room

 And someone's collecting money for the friend in need

 

 Sounds like a good time, a ball to me

 Sounds like a place I'd like to be

 There's a little crowd you're gonna want to meet

 They got a thing going on Swing Street

 

 Nice old man in the corner booth

 Making time with Jive-time Stu

 She makes her sting neath the table blue

 She says she's a actor but she's hooking as a sideline too

 

 Sounds like a good time, a ball to me

 Sounds like a place I'd like to be

 Everybody rolls when it's time to meet

 They got a thing going on Swing Street

 

 You say there's nothing but bums around here

 Listen to the sound of the cymbal so clear

 Cutting contest on the stand

 Somebody's trying to blow you away

 What makes him swing harder than you do

 Better hit the woodshed for ninety days

 

 Sounds like a good time, a ball to me

 Sounds like a place I'd like to be

 There's a little crowd you're gonna want to meet

 They got a thing going on Swing Street