(Jimmy Giuffre & Jon Hendricks)
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Take a seat and cool it 'cause unless you overrule it
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We are ready to show you some blowin'
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A rompin' and a stompin' is a lot of fun
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Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
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So settle down an' listen 'cause you don't know what you're missin'
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And we're ready to give you a showin'
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A movin' it 'n groovin' it has just begun
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Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
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We got a little message that you're gonna enjoy
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Ain't no sense in dodgin' the facts
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So settle in your easy chair an' if you ever had a care - forget it,
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It's time to relax
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We might as well admit it, we're the best that ever did it
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But in case you ain't too sure a knowin'
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We're gonna let you listen to us one by one
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Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
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[Janis:]
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How'd ya do, I'm talkin' about you
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It's very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen to me blow
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'Cause as sure as I'm born, I'm blowin' my horn
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It's me baby, I'm blowin', zootin' it up
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And I hope you dig the sounds I'm makin' more'n any other
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Now I must go for it's time for you to listen to my other brother
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[Tim:]
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I think the chick's talkin' 'bout me so I'd better go 'n see
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I'm hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet you
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That's the reason I'm blowin' so snappily
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I don't know what ya got, but it thrills me an' I hope to have a lot
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'Cause it puts me in clover
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So baby, if you would like to dig my other brother
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You're gonna have to turn the record over
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[Alan:]
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Hey hey hey
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Who ya talkin' about, say who ya talkin' about
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Did I hear you say you'd introduce your other brother
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'Cause in case I heard you talkin' about three, that's me
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Pleased to meet you, how'd you do, how are you, nothing new,
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How is everything with you?
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Whattya say I leave this jazz up to my brother --
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[Cheryl:]
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Dig dig dig my Long Island sound
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I hope you're puttin' it down
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You got me in a mood that's so romantic
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If you notice you can dig this silly old act
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Because I'm actin' so distracted when I dig you
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Pretty baby you will never know how much I really dig you
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You have got me so excited that I goofed blowin' my horn
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[All:]
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Ooh bop the news is gettin' around, we're really puttin' it down
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We're glad of fact that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time to give you more
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Thank you for the compliment
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You told us we were better just as if we didn't know it
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We're hip that we're the best, we're over all the rest
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We're in the modern school, we always play it cool, we never play the fool
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The honkers and the squeakers might be stealin' the show
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But we don't go for that, so while we blow
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[Band Member:]
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Hi-ho, lackadaise, for it's a natural fact
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I ain't no kin, but I would like to get in the act!
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[All:]
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Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta here
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Now fellas we appreciate him makin you mad,
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But we must ask you to apologize
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Because after all he's in our band
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Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
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Although we sound like more
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Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
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We're really only four
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We like to blow but we don't know how time can fly and how our cares pass away
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We wish the time would never go so we could take our time an' blow 'til judgement day
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Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
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Now just one final word:
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[Janis:] I'd like to know you and I hope I don't forget you
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[Tim:] It's really a pleasure and I hope I don't look silly to you
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[Alan:] I'm hopin' the story that I told did not upset you
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[Cheryl:] Sorry now in conclusion were you hoping that you heard four
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[All:]
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So just before we go we want you to know
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We're glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz
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(We don't call for back up on the road)
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Oh - ohhh!!!!
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Four Brothers
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| The Manhattan Transfer |
