Jazz!

1)

Have you heard the latest craze

That’s sweeping through the cabarets?

Just listen.

Y’don’t know whatcha been missin’.

It’s as catchy as a cold.

In with the new, out with the old.

Try it and you can’t miss.

It goes something like this:

Jazz!

It’s the bip. It’s the bop.

It’s the clip-clop.

It’s the rag mop.

It’s the limit. It’s the cat’s meow

Jazz!

It’s the bounce. It’s the beat.

It’s a sweet treat for your two feet.

If you wanna,

I can show you how.

Jazz!

It’s the joint. It’s the jive.

It’s a high dive. It’s a beehive.

Gimme five, man. Golly-wow.

Digga-digga-doo and-a razzamatazz.

You ain’t heard nothin’ till you heard jazz.

2)

I was a man comfortable with things just the way they are.

Didn’t want to wander far

From things just the way they are.

Didn’t show much interest when changes came along.

I just stuck with what I knew

Even when it was wrong.

I thought that I was staggeringly wise

But something just snuck up on me and took me by surprise.

Jazz!

There I was. Felt the buzz.

Stopped me cold just like a buzz does.

I was stupefied and in a trance.

Jazz!

That was it. I was hit.

It would not quit. I could not sit.

Felt the rhythm and I had to dance.

Jazz!

So I said, “Why resist?

It’s a new twist. Look what I missed.”

Now my hips are wiggling in my pants.

Digga-digga-doo and-a razzamatazz.

Plenty of spunk and lots of pizazz.

You ain’t heard nothin’ … till you heard jazz.

3)

Jazz!

Play it fast. Play it slow.

Any tempo. When the cats blow,

Then you got yourself a swingin’ jam.

Jazz!

Full of fun. Full of pep.

Everyone’s hep.

With a new step.

Won’tcha come with me, my Honeylamb.

Jazz!

It’s a breeze. If you please

Grab your main squeeze. It’s the bee’s knees

It’s a revolution … Hot Damn.

Digga-digga-doo and-a razzamatazz.

Plenty of spunk and lots of pizazz.

There’s just nothin’ as wonderful as

That wonderful thing they’re callin’ jazz.

You ain’t heard nothin’… till you heard jazz!