| 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 | |
| Bird named it, Bird made it | |
| Bird heard it, then played it | |
| Well stated Birdland | |
| It happened down in Birdland | |
| In the middle of that hub | |
| I remember one jazz club | |
| Where we went to pat feet | |
| Down on 52nd Street | |
| 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 | |
| Were beyond compare | |
| Birdland, I'm singing Birdland | |
| Birdland, old swingin' Birdland | |
| Hey man, the music really turns you on | |
| Really? Ya turn me around and turn me on | |
| Down them stairs, lose them cares | |
| Where? Down in Birdland | |
| Total swing, Bop was king there | |
| Down in Birdland | |
| Bird would cook, Max would look | |
| Where? Down in Birdland | |
| Miles came through, trane came too there | |
| Down in Birdland | |
| Basie blew, Blakie too | |
| Where? Down in Birdland | |
| Cannonball played that hall there | |
| Down in Birdland, yeah | |
| There will never be nothin' such as that | |
| No more, skoo be wah, no more | |
| Down in Birdland, that's where it was at | |
| I know, ah ah ah ah ah, I know | |
| Back in them days Bop was ridin' high | |
| Hello, heh heh heh heh heh, goodbye! | |
| How well those cats remember their first Birdland gig | |
| To play in Birdland is an honor we still dig | |
| Yeah, that club was like in another world | |
| Sure enough, yeah baby | |
| All those cats were cookin' on | |
| People just sat and they were steady lookin' on | |
| Then Bird, he came and spread the word | |
| Birdland | |
| Yes indeed he did | |
| Yes indeed he did | |
| Yes indeed he did | |
| Yes he did Parker played in Birdland | |
| Yes he really did | |
| Yes indeed he really did told the truth way down in Birdland | |
| Yes indeed he did, Yard bird Parker played in Birdland | |
| Yes indeed he really did, Charlie Parker played in Birdland | |
| Bird named it, Bird made it | |
| Bird heard it, then played it | |
| Well stated Birdland | |
| It happened down in Birdland | |
| Everybody dug that beat | |
| Everybody stomped their feet | |
| Everybody digs be bop | |
| And they'll never stop | |
| Down them stairs, lose them cares | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Total swing, Bop was king | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Bird would cook, Max would look | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Miles came through, trane came too | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Basie blew, Blakie too | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Cannonball played that hall | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Down them stairs, lose them cares | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Total swing, Bop was king | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Bird would cook, Max would look | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Miles came through, trane came too | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Basie blew, Blakie too | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Cannonball played that hall | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Down them stairs, lose them cares | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Total swing, Bop was king | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland | |
| Bird would cook, Max would look | |
| Yeah, down in Birdland |