» WHEN THE JAZZ MUSICIAN SINGS

"When the Jazz musician sings" c.2008 K.Murray

 

Does it mean the gigs in trouble when the jazz musician sings

Cause normally he's happy playing odd notes while he swings, or

Does it mean you missed a coup'd'etat     behind the wings

and some crooner lies unconcious while a time bell softly rings

if he's singing like a tomcat could his reasons be the same

could this be a futile strategy to find or meet a dame

could it be a late attempt to grab some all illusive fame

are you witness to a sidestep that could end careers in shame

well it could be that his singin means a thousand different things

Does it mean the gigs in trouble when the jazz musician sings.

 

well it might be desperation he may just have lost his nut

he might be trying to free himself from some viscotic rut

it could be a reaction to a world thats changing fast 

or an exorcism of some demons hiding in his past

or the witnessing a million love songs falling on deaf ears

well its hard to watch the world ignore that greatest gift for years and years

or it could be just a substitute for shedding all his tears

or is he simply challenging his critics and his peers

well it could be that his singing means a thousand different things

are we heading into trouble when the jazz musician sings

 

The reasons very simple let me end this guessing game

its a kind of anger management with a theraputic aim       you see

these machines kills fascists i heard woody guthrie say

now theres none left in the folks clubs where the righteous go to pray

but there might be some in jazz world its an easy place to hide

theres a shortage of considered verse its a swingin note filled ride