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Straight to the top |
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How could you ever lose |
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Guess you must have had it all |
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To be a star on the jazz scene |
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Try to keep it clean |
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They came to see you |
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Managers came too |
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Play ballads that will live forever |
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Taking what you get |
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It wasn't what it should have been |
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So you call on blue |
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And the memories seem to be so far away |
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Or so they say |
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Down on your luck |
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You picked it up again to rise up above them all |
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In Europe there was an uproar |
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Knocked you down once more |
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Look up the door |
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Never give in and play |
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With all the life that is around you |
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That's what I hear you say |
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You know that I'm with you Chet |
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That's right I am with you here today |
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Have you met Chet? |
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And had some time to spare |
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To kick back a notch or two |
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It's like a ride in a big car |
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Chet, you went so far they're following you |
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The style with which you blew |
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Time has a way of drifting by us |
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Feeling what you gave |
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It melts away the blues in me |
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So those days are gone |
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But the melodies that you played will carry on |
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An endless song |
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Sad in a way |
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You know the way it goes |
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The music keeps moving on |
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As if each set was the last one |
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Place your horn once more |
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One, two, three, four |
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Never give in and play |
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With all the life that is around you |
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That's what I hear you say |
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You know that I'm with you Chet |
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That's right I am with you here today |