Acid Jazz Singer

Well, let me tell you something, let me tell you so This could be the one thing that you really need to know You got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours 'Cause nothing comes easy, oh, it just comes free You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me, oh sister Well, I cannot claim this advice as my own I learned it in the gutter one night, crawling home She said, "Don't you look ridiculous?" I checked her out meticulously And I would've stopped to argue but my teeth were broke I said, "I'd love to contradict you, but my life's a joke, oh sister" She said I'm no genius, and I've lost my self The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf And it's one time, keep it slow, wind them up and here we go Get it right today, and you may still be here tomorrow Some said she was saintly, to some, she was a swinger Me, I only knew her as an acid jazz singer, come on Well, I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she And maybe this is just the way it has to be It's all based on speculation Seems a crazy occupation to me And though I didn't much believe her I was bound to call I really didn't want to miss a single thing at all, oh sister She said, "I'm no genius, and I've lost my self The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf" And it's one time, keep it slow, wind them up and here we go Get it right today, and you may still be here tomorrow Some said she was saintly, to some, she was a swinger Me, I only knew her as an acid jazz singer, come on She said, "I'm no genius, and I've lost my self The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf" And it's one time, keep it slow, wind them up and here we go Get it right today, and you may still be here tomorrow Some said she was saintly, to some she was a swinger Me, I only knew her as an acid jazz singer I haven't seen her lately, man, I have to ring her Put your hands together for the acid jazz singer, come on Come on Come on Come on