(Music by Benny Golson - Lyrics by Jon Hendricks)
Clif...ford
I know he'll never be forgotten

Long as there's still sound
He was a king uncrowned
Not all kings are given crowns

I know I'll always remember

Always

The warmth
All his warmth
Of his sound

Was in his sound
Lingers so long I'm sure he's still around
Still around... Those who've heard

For all those who've heard

Truly, they repeat him yet

Even yet

So those who hear won't forget

And the ever-present sound
That abounds in his praise
Echos throughout the universe

For endless spans of time uncountable
By days
The pretty little piquant passages

Clifford played
They are with us now
And I'm positive that they will endure

Should time and sacred circumstance allow
Yes, they'll live forever


Oh, yes, I remember Clifford now
Seems I always feel that Clifford's spirit's
Hangin' roun' me somehow

We remember

Each and every single day

I hear his lovely trumpet tone

Such exquisite singing


In every horn that seems to have a sound
That's all its own

So somebody tell me how
How can we ever day for certain
Someone that played

Like Clifford Brown could play
Could really be said to have gone away


I only know that I hear him now
And I believe that I always will
You've got to believe

I remember Clifford still, yes I hear him still

I know he'll never be forgotten

He was a king uncrowned

I know I'll always remember

'Member Clifford Brown
I'll always remember Clifford Brown