The Ability To Swing

Everybody thinking Thinking pretty hard Everybody thinking 'Bout singing from the heart If you want my opinion It doesn't mean a thing If you haven't got that Ability to swing Yeah, the ability to swing Everybody working Working pretty hard Everybody working At singing from the heart If you want my opinion It isn't worth a bean If you you ain't in possession Of the ability to swing Oh, the ability to swing Dreams, take 'em away Go it alone, honey Rome wasn't built in a day But now it's a ruin, the joke has worn thin And it isn't cool to abuse the ability to swing, ow Everybody talking Talking pretty loud Everybody looking To stand out from the crowd Gonna break it to you, bucko It doesn't mean a thing If you you ain't in possession Of the ability to swing Oh, the ability to swing Friends, send them away Go it alone, honey Rome wasn't built in a day Now it's a ruin, the joke has worn thin And it isn't cool to abuse the ability to swing But each beat send me deeper under Each beat send me more to sleep Heart melts ice and heart spells danger Don't hold your breath boy 'Cause it don't come cheap Everybody looking Looking pretty hard Everybody looking For a meaning in my art Gonna give it to you straight, boy It doesn't mean a thing If you haven't got that Ability to swing, yeah The ability to swing The ability to swing The ability to swing The ability to swing The ability to swing The ability to swing, yeah The ability to swing The ability to swing