Manhattan Transfer Live

Take a seat and cool it 'cause unless you overrule it
We are ready to show you some blowin'
A rompin' and a stompin' is a lot of fun
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

So settle down an' listen 'cause you don't know what you're missin'
And we're ready to give you a showin'
A movin' it 'n groovin' it has just begun
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

We got a little message that you're gonna enjoy
Ain't no sense in dodgin' the facts
So settle in your easy chair an' if you ever had a care - forget it,
It's time to relax

We might as well admit it, we're the best that ever did it
But in case you ain't too sure a knowin'
We're gonna let you listen to us one by one
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

Janis:
How'd ya do, i'm talkin' about you
It's very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen to me blow
'cause as sure as i'm born, i'm blowin' my horn
It's me baby, i'm blowin', zootin' it up
And i hope you dig the sounds i'm makin' more'n any other
Now i must go for it's time for you to listen to my other brother

Tim:
I think the chick's talkin' 'bout me so i'd better go 'n see
I'm hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet you
That's the reason i'm blowin' so snappily
I don't know what ya got, but it thrills me an' i hope to have a lot
'cause it puts me in clover
So baby, if you would like to dig my other brother
You're gonna have to turn the record over

Alan:
Hey hey hey
Who ya talkin' about, say who ya talkin' about
Did i hear you say you'd introduce your other brother
'cause in case i heard you talkin' about three, that's me
Pleased to meet you, how'd you do, how are you, nothing new,
How is everything with you?
Whattya say i leave this jazz up to my brother --

Cheryl:
Dig dig dig my long island sound
I hope you're puttin' it down
You got me in a mood that's so romantic
If you notice you can dig this silly old act
Because i'm actin' so distracted when i dig you
Pretty baby you will never know how much i really dig you
You have got me so excited that i goofed blowin' my horn

All:
Ooh bop the news is gettin' around, we're really puttin' it down
We're glad of fact that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time to give you more
Thank you for the compliment
You told us we were better just as if we didn't know it
We're hip that we're the best, we're over all the rest
We're in the modern school, we always play it cool, we never play the fool
The honkers and the squeakers might be stealin' the show
But we don't go for that, so while we blow

Band member:
Hi-ho, lackadaise, for it's a natural fact
I ain't no kin, but i would like to get in the act!

All:
Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta here
Now fellas we appreciate him makin you mad,
But we must ask you to apologize
Because after all he's in our band

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
Although we sound like more
Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
We're really only four

We like to blow but we don't know how time can fly and how our cares pass away
We wish the time would never go so we could take our time an' blow 'til judgement day

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
Now just one final word:

Janis: i'd like to know you and i hope i don't forget you
Tim: it's really a pleasure and i hope i don't look silly to you
Alan: i'm hopin' the story that i told did not upset you
Cheryl: sorry now in conclusion were you hoping that you heard four

All:
So just before we go we want you to know ---
We're glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz
(we don't call for back up on the road)
Oh - ohhh!!!!

I love coffee, i love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (boy!)

I love java, sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto, i'm a coffee pot
Shoot the pot and i'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Oh slip me a slug from the wonderful mug
And i'll cut a rug just snug in a jug
A sliced up onion and a raw one
Draw one -
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, i love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup

Boston bean (soy beans)
Green bean (cabbage and greens)
I'm not keen about a bean
Unless it is a chili chili bean (boy!)

I love java sweet and hot
Whoops mr. moto i'm a coffee pot (yeah)
Shoot me the pot and i'll pour me a shot
A cup, a cup, a cup (yeah)

Slip me a slug of the wonderful mug
'an i'll cut a rug just as snug in a jug
Drop a nickel in the pot joe
Takin' it slow
Waiter, waiter, percolator

I love coffee, i love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy!

Hey what's the matter wit' you guys back there,
You sure look beat or somethin', you been knockin' yourselves out?

We want a 15 minute intermission boss
We want a 15 minute intermission boss
We want a 15 minute intermission boss
With your permission!

You gotta be kiddin' man!

We want a 15 minute intermission boss
We want a 15 minute intermission boss
We want a 15 minute intermission boss
With your permission!

Intermission!
When makin' music gets to be a chore
An intermission is your only cure
To ease your palpitatin' embouchure
You'll never get to heaven if you treat us this way!

Want a 15 minute intermission boy,
15 minute intermission boy,
15 minute intermission boy--

Mmm -- intermission!

Spoken: folks i'm mellow as a honeydew! (oh yeah, yeah)

That cat is high
Look at that look in his eye
On man he's high
The cats higher than a kite

When you see him stumblin'
Up and down the street
You know that cat's been drinkin'
Got no shoes upon his feet

Man he's high
I said that cat is high
Yes he's high
Man he's higher than a kite

That cat is high
Look at that look in his eye
You know i wouldn't lie
That cat is higher than a kite

Boys he's high
Oh look at them two black eyes
Oh me oh my
That cat is higher than the sky

When you see him tippin'
Round and round the block
Oh you know that cat he's very beat
Hip clean down to his socks

That cat is high
Look at that look in his eye
Oh me oh my
That cat is higher than the sky
Yeah!

Instrumental

Scat section...ends with "shoot some liquor to me john boy!"

When you see him stumblin'
Up and down the street
You know that cat's been drinkin'
Got no shoes upon his feet

Man he's high
Yes he's high
My oh my
The cat's higher than a kite

He's high (that cat is high)
So high (that cat is high)
My my (oh man he's high)
He's high (he's high)

He's high (that cat is high)
So high (that cat is high)
My my (oh man he's high)

Spoken:
I want the home cookin' mama w/ the fryin' pan!
Well i know that cat is high!
Hee hee -- yeah!
That's right!

Now when he went down in tennessee,
All my friends they was glad to see me
Seen some down by the railroad track
Seen some earth dealers with their sacks on their back
They said now "hey man!" (hey man)
"we're glad to see you back -
We got a new dance they call the bacon fat.'

You go
Diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley wop wop
Have mercy, have mercy (wop wop, yeah wop wop)
'an then they go
Diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley wop wop
Help yourself, mama (wop wop, yeah wop wop)
'an then they go
Diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley wop wop
(wop wop, yeah wop wop)
Now then i went down to see my local deejay
The cat's name is cain, he lives down tennessee way
I said now "hey man, what's this uh, new kinda jump -
Where you wind up twice 'n then you end up with a bump?"
He said now "dig, daddy!" (hey man)
"it's a natural fact, it's a sweepin' the south,
That thing the bacon fat."

You go
Diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley wop wop
Aw you give me a rise in my levis, mama! (wop wop, yeah wop wop)
'an then they go
Diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley wop wop
Have mercy, have mercy (wop wop, yeah wop wop)
'an then they go
Diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley diddley wop wop
(wop wop, yeah wop wop)
I said now
(wop, wop)
That's right
(wop, wop)
One more time -
(wop, wop!)

Chanson d'amour, ra da da da da, play encore.
Here in my heart, ra da da da da, more and more.

Chanson d'amour, ra da da da da, je t'adore.
Each time i hear, ra da da da da, chanson, chanson, d'amour.

(sax solo)
Ra da da da da
(sax solo)
Ra da da da da

Chanson d'amour, ra da da da da, je t'adore.
Each time i hear, ra da da da da, chanson, chanson, d'amour.

Every time i hear
Chanson, chanson, d'amour.

She's a snootie little cutie
She's a pert little skirt
She's a knockout and a beauty and a flirt
Such a dapper little flapper
She's just cute as a trick
She's a kissy little missy, a vain little jane,
She's slick

She's a classy little lassie
A keen little queen
And although sometimes she's sassy and mean
Just a fiend for romance is she
Squirrelly little girlie, y'see
She's a knockout, a beauty
Snootie little cutie
Snootie little cutie is she

You're a mellow little fellow
Oooh, you're a coy little boy
You're a knockout and a beauty, you're a joy
You're a ready little steady
You swept this girl off her feet
You're a kissy little missy, a vain little jane
But you're sweet!
You're a handy little dandy
Oooh you're a keen little queen
And although sometimes she's bossy
Oooh, i'm never mean
I'm a fiend for romance for you
Mellow little fellow you're mine
You're a knockout and a beauty
Snootie little cutie
Snootie little cutie mine

Yes, she's a classy little lassie
A keen little queen
And although sometimes she's sassy
She's never mean
I'm a fool for romance it's true
Moonlight, kisses and you
(that's for me!)
She's a beauty, that snootie little cutie
Snootie little cutie is she!

In the dark
It's just you and i
Not a song, there's not one sigh
Just the beat of my poor heart
Lord, in the dark

Now in the dark, in the dark
I get such a thrill when he presses his fingertips upon my lips
And begs me to please, please keep still
Lord, in the dark

But soon, this dance will be ending
And you're gonna be missed
Gee i'm not pretendin',
'cause i swear it's fun, fun to be kissed in the dark, wooo ahhhh?br>
(sax solo)

But soon, this dance will be ending
And you're gonna be missed, mm, mm, mmm
Gee baby, i ain't pretendin',
'cause i swear, i swear, i swear it's fun to be kissed in the dark

Now we may find what the rest have left behind
Just let them dance, we gonna find romance
Just let them dance, we gonna find sweet romance, baby
Just let them dance, we gonna find romance
Lord, in the dark, oh yeah, whoa woo

Intro:
Ioa ioae, ioa ioae (pronounced e-oh-ah, e-oh-ah-a)
Ioa ioae, ioa ioae

Cuentame que te paso
Cuentame que te paso

Que estaba alla en la playa
Recorriendo las aguaritas
Y vino una abejita y me pico ay ay!

Cuentame que te paso
Cuentame que te paso

Yo me saque la loteria
Corriendo fui de romeria
Y fue alli donde to el dinero perderi

Pero las dos vienen las dos pao pao

Pao pao pao pao pao (chiquita)
Pao pao pao pao pao (senorita)
Pao pao pao pao pao

Pero las dos vienen la colococota
E la la la la la la la la la pao pao

Pao pao pao pao pao (chiquita)
Pao pao pao pao pao (senorita)
Pao pao pao pao pao

Ioa ioae, ioa ioae
Ioa ioae, ioa ioae

Cuentame que te paso
Cuentame que te paso

Que estaba alla en la playa
Recorriendo las aguaritas
Y vino una abejita y me pico ay ay!

Pero las dos vienen las dos pao pao

Pao pao pao pao pao (chiquita)
Pao pao pao pao pao (senorita)
Pao pao pao pao pao

Woo-ooh!