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LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY 'BOUT THE MAN
WHO THE SAXOPHONE WAS MADE FOR
HEAR ME OUT WHILE I TELL YOU 'BOUT THE MAN
WHO WAS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE YARD BIRD
CHARLIE PARKER

BORN IN THE TOWN OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
CHARLES CHRISTOPHER PARKER WAS DESTINED TO BE
HIGH PRIEST IN CREATIN' & JAZZ INNOVATIN' WAS
CHARLIE PARKER
YARDBIRD PARKER
NOW THE BIRD HIT THE ROAD WHEN
HE WAS JUST A YOUNGSTER
MCSHANN AND THE FATHER
DIZZ AND DUKE GAVE ACCLAIM TO THE NEW
HIGH PRIEST IN CREATIN' & JAZZ INNOVATIN' WAS
CHARLIE PARKER
YARDBIRD PARKER

SO WHEN CHARLIE WENT TO NEW YORK EVERY
BODY THERE HAD HEARD THE TALK THAT
HE WAS KING, THE BRAND NEW BOSS MAN
AND HE PROVED IT
THAT'S WHY BIRDLAND...

FROM CARNEGIE HALL TO AS
FAR AWAY AS PARIS
BIRD MADE GOOD HIS PROMISE
HE VOWED AS A LAD
"BEFORE I DIE MY INNOVATIN' WILL RECEIVE
WORLD-WIDE ACCLAIMATION," SAID
CHARLIE PARKER
YARDBIRD PARKER

THEN ONE GLOOMY DAY
THE WORLD OF JAZZ REMEMBERS
OL' GABRIEL CALLED BIRD UP
TO WAIL BY HIS SIDE
AND NOW THE ANGELS ARE ELATED
BY THE ARIAS CREATED
BY

CHARLIE PARKER
YARDBIRD PARKER
FLY ON, FLY HIGH
LITTLE BIRD WITH THE ANGELS
THE BIRD LIVES
HE LIVES
THE BIRD LIVES
HE LIVES
IN EVERY HORN THAT WAILS
ON A MINOR THIRD
THE BIRD BECOMES
A HOUSEHOLD WORD
HE LIVES
THE BIRD LIVES
HE LIVES
THE BIRD LIVES
THE BIIIIRRRD
LIIIIVVVVEEESSSS........