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
It happened down in Birdland
In the middle of that hub
Where we went to pat feet
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
the music really turns you on
Really? Ya turn me around and turn me on
Cannonball played that hall there
There will never be nothin' such as that
Back in them days Bop was ridin' high
How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig
To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig
that club was like in another world
All those cats were cookin' on
People just sat and they were steady lookin' on
he came and spread the word
Yes he did Parker played in Birdland
Yes indeed he really did told the truth way down in Birdland
Yard bird Parker played in Birdland
Charlie Parker played in Birdland
It happened down in Birdland
Everybody stomped their feet
Cannonball played that hall
Cannonball played that hall