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      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 will 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, heh heh heh heh heh, 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