Everybody's thinking

thinking pretty hard

Everybody's thinkin'

about singin' from the heart



If you want my opinion

it doesn't mean a thing

if you haven't got that ability to swing

The ability to swing



Everybody workin'

workin' pretty hard

Everbody workin'

at singin' from the heart



If you want my opinion

it isn't worth a bean

if you haven't got that

ability to swing

The ability to swing



Dreams, take them away

Got it alone

Honey, Rome wasn't built in a day

But, now it's a ruin

The joke has worn thin

And it isn't cool to abuse the ability to swing

Oh no!



Everbody' talking

talkin' pretty loud

Everbody lookin'

to stand out from the crowd



Gonna break it to you bucko

It isn't worth a bean

if you ain't in possession

of the ability to swing

The ability to swing



Friends send them away

Go it alone honey, Rome wasn't built in a day

Now it's a ruin

The joke has worn thin

And it isn't cool to abuse

the ability to swing



SCAT...



But, each beat take me deeper under

Each beat sends me more to sleep

Heart melts ice and heart spells danger

Don't hold your breath boy, 'cause it

don't come cheap, no



Everybody lookin'

lookin' pretty hard

Everybody lookin' for a meaning in my art

Gonna give it to you straight boy

It isn't worth a bean

if you haven't got that ability to swing

The ability to swing

Yeah, the ability to swing



The ability to swing

The ability, the ability

The ability to swing

The ability to swing

The ability to swing



Gonna give it to you straight

Boy, it isn't worth a bean

if you haven't got that ability to swing

The ability to swing

The ability to swing

The ability to swing

Oooh

The ability to swing

The ability to swing