Manhattan Transfer - Four Brothers Lyrics
Take a seat and cool it cause unless you overrule itWe are ready to show you some blowinA rompin and a stompin is a lot of funFour brothers who are blowin our hornsSo settle down an listen cause you dont know what youre missinAnd were ready to give you a showinA movin it n groovin it has just begunFour brothers who are blowin our hornsWe got a little message that youre gonna enjoyAint no sense in dodgin the factsSo settle in your easy chair an if you ever had a care - forget it,Its time to relaxWe might as well admit it, were the best that ever did itBut in case you aint too sure a knowinWere gonna let you listen to us one by oneFour brothers who are blowin our hornsJanis:Howd ya do, Im talkin about youIts very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen to me blowcause as sure as Im born, Im blowin my hornIts me baby, Im blowin, zootin it upAnd I hope you dig the sounds Im makin moren any otherNow I must go for its time for you to listen to my other brotherTim:I think the chicks talkin bout me so Id better go n seeIm hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet youThats the reason Im blowin so snappilyI dont know what ya got, but it thrills me an I hope to have a lotcause it puts me in cloverSo baby, if you would like to dig my other brotherYoure gonna have to turn the record overAlan:Hey hey heyWho ya talkin about, say who ya talkin aboutDid I hear you say youd introduce your other brothercause in case I heard you talkin about three, thats mePleased to meet you, howd you do, how are you, nothing new,How is everything with you?Whattya say I leave this jazz up to my brother --Cheryl:Dig dig dig my long island soundI hope youre puttin it downYou got me in a mood thats so romanticIf you notice you can dig this silly old actBecause Im actin so distracted when I dig youPretty baby you will never know how much I really dig youYou have got me so excited that I goofed blowin my hornAll:Ooh bop the news is gettin around, were really puttin it downWere glad of fact that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time to give you moreThank you for the complimentYou told us we were better just as if we didnt know itWere hip that were the best, were over all the restWere in the modern school, we always play it cool, we never play the foolThe honkers and the squeakers might be stealin the showBut we dont go for that, so while we blowBand member:Hi-ho, lackadaise, for its a natural factI aint no kin, but I would like to get in the act!All:Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta hereNow fellas we appreciate him makin you mad,But we must ask you to apologizeBecause after all hes in our bandFour brothers, four brothers, four brothersAlthough we sound like moreFour brothers, four brothers, four brothersWere really only fourWe like to blow but we dont know how time can fly and how our cares pass awayWe wish the time would never go so we could take our time an blow til judgement dayFour brothers, four brothers, four brothersNow just one final word:Janis: Id like to know you and I hope I dont forget youTim: its really a pleasure and I hope I dont look silly to youAlan: Im hopin the story that I told did not upset youCheryl: sorry now in conclusion were you hoping that you heard fourAll:So just before we go we want you to know ---Were glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz(we dont call for back up on the road)Oh - ohhh!!!!
