(Music by Charlie Parker; Lyrics by Eddie Jefferson)
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I'm here to just confirm what I've been
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really always sayin'
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About modern jazz
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It's the savior of the nation
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And I'll believe it if you do too
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The rhythm & blues
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Like Bird
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When he thought of this melody
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The message he played on his horn
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Was the steady confirmation
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That he discovered
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The sound that makes the music be free
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This may sound unstable
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But I know I'm able to concentrate in song to you
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My lyrics may go fast
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Sometimes a word may get past folks
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But so I keep it swingin'
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I know I've got to stay true
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So like the Bird I'm gonna say that jazz is always
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A happiness groove
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So come on and I'll confirm it
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'Cause certainly the Bird that I heard
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made the word of confirmation
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(The Word Of) Confirmation
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| The Manhattan Transfer |
