Swing Street Lyrics - Bruce Hornsby

I heard you say that tonight's the night 

You say there's a party going on 

I'm in the door like an old 78 side 

And I hear 'em out hitting on a Coleman song 

My friend John with a mirror and spoon 

Got a belt and a mainline scene 

A couple getting off in the back room 

Someone's collecting money for the friend in need 

Oh, sounds like a good time, a ball to me 

Sounds like a place I'd like to be 

There's a little crowd you're gonna want to meet 

Oh, they got a thing going on swing street, hey hey 

Nice old man in the corner booth 

Making time with Jive-time Stu 

She makes her sting 'neath the table blue 

Says she's an actor but she's hooking as a sideline too 

Oh, sounds like a good time, a ball to me 

Sounds like a place I'd like to be 

Everybody rolls when it's time to meet 

Oh, they got a thing going on swing street 

Got a good thing going down on swing street 

You say there's nothing but bums around here 

Listen to the sound of the cymbal so clear 

Cutting contest on the stand 

Somebody's trying to blow you away 

What makes him swing harder than you do 

Oh, better hit the woodshed for ninety days 

Oh, sounds like a good time, a ball to me 

Sounds like a place I'd like to be 

There's a little crowd you're gonna want to meet 

Oh, they got a thing going on swing street 

Got a good thing going down on swing street 

Got a good thing going down on swing street, hey hey 

Got a thing going on on swing street 

Got a thing going on 

Got a thing going on on swing street