The jazz lyric is one of the most important devices for a singer. That is why I decided to start this blog. So that singers like myself can have a valuable resource to use. Most of the lyrics that I post will be for tunes outside of The Great American Songbook.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Night in Tunisia
Charlie Parker, Dizzie Gillespie
The moon is the same moon above you
A glow with its cool evening light
But shining at night in Tunisia
Never does it shine so bright
The stars are aglow in the heavens
But only the wise understand
That shining at night in Tunisia
They guide you through the desert sand
Words fail, to tell a tale
Too exotic to be told
Each night's a deeper night
In a world ages old
The cares of the day seem to vanish
The ending of day brings release
Each wonderful night in Tunisia
Where the nights are filled with peace
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Main Entry: jazz
Pronunciation: 'jaz
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: origin unknown
1 a : American music developed especially from ragtime and blues and characterized by propulsive syncopated rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, varying degrees of improvisation, and often deliberate distortions of pitch and timbre
b : popular dance music influenced by jazz and played in a loud rhythmic manner
2 : empty talk : HUMBUG
3 : similar but unspecified things : STUFF
Main Entry:lyr·ic
Pronunciation: 'lir-ik
Function: noun1 : a lyric composition; specifically : a lyric poem
2 : the words of a song -- often used in plural
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