The Ability To Swing Lyrics - Aliens Ate My Buick - Thomas Dolby

Everybody talking 

Talking pretty hard 

Everybody talking 

'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 thinking 

Thinking pretty hard 

Everybody thinking 

'Bout singin' from the heart 

So listen up already 

I'm sayin' it again 

If you haven't got that 

Ability to swing 

Ah, 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 

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 

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 searching 

For a meaning in my art 

I'll level with you bucko 

It isn't worth a bean 

If you ain't in possession 

Of the ability to swing 

The ability to swing 

Mmm, the ability to swing