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