| BAND Do you dig romancin'? Cop your chops a kiss. But if you dig dancin', baby dig this. REEDS You want a new dance to do It's Sand, Man. You're bound to think it's grand, man. Don't have to move from where you stand. Yes, you can do the Sand, man. You dust up your feet to do it. Ain't really nothion' to it. This beat your feet will understand. I'm a fan, do the Sand, man. TROMBONES Your feet keep scrapin, scratchin' up such a sound. REEDS I'm tellin' you. TROMBONES Just pick your toes up an' lay 'em down. REEDS 'Cause it's the greatest for never travelin'. Just standin' still and gravelin'. Your feet will flutter like a fan. Man, it's grand. Man, It's Sand, man. BRASS How's about a little sample of Sandin'? REEDS You really oughta shuffle your feet. How's about another step for demandin'? How's When they're jumpin' then you've go the Sand beat. about cha kind of puttin' a hjand in? Here we go a I'm a fan, get your Sand, man to man, bet you can Sandin'. Count to keep score, 1-2-3-4 Sandin'. You really ought to ruffle your toes. When TRUMPET SOLO Then do four more, you gotta they're pumpin' that's the way the Sand goes. I'm a fan really ruffle up the floor, lemme tell ya. get your Sand, man to man, bet you can do the Sand. RHYTHM break REEDS But even Beethoven, Bach and Mozart took in the tappin' toes art. Go dig the ballet too, but man, get your Sand man, It's Sand, Man. BRASS Better pause REEDS Get together, be busy begin. BRASS Cause REEDS Keep it hummin' be groovy, come in. BRASS Man REEDS Get the Sandin' you'll dig it and then. BRASS You do The Sand? REEDS I do The Sand. BRASS You dig it, man? REEDS I dig it, man. BAND Then everybody out to better understand. You've got to scuffle up a sandstorm, somewhere under your two feet, to make old feet end up feelin' like new feet. Go right on man, be raisin' sand. And raisin' sand, man, the dance you do is grand, man. RHYTHM break BAND Diggin' Sand, man and it's grand, man. But then it's.... RHYTHM break BAND Sand, Man! |
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| VOCALESE LYRICS FROM THE JAZZ SPECTRUM RECORDING |
| "THE SONG IS YOU" |
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| IT'S SAND, MAN |
| Music by Ed Lewis. Lyrics by Dave Lambert and Jon Hendricks. Taken from the Basie book by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross from their 1957 recording, "Sing A Song of Basie." |
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