A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #

THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER lyrics : "Blee Blop Blues"

(Music by William "Count" Basie - Lyrics by Jon Hendricks)
All the night it's bli-bli-bli
'N blop-blop-blop 'n drip, drip, drip

I'm turnin' the faucet off

Pretty uptight from bli-bli-bli

'N blop-blop-blop, I hate this trip
I'm turnin' the faucet off


That faucet's drippin'

Turnin' the faucet off


Tryin' t'sleep, I need my rest
But there's no rest f'me, I guess

I'm turnin' the faucet off

[Repeat Top]


My mind is flippin'


Turnin' the faucet off

I'm tryin' my best to sleep

I'm tryin' without success
I tell y' it just ain't fair a faucet
Measures in this mess

That's it, I guess!

Every night I gotta git up in the middle of the gol'durn

night
An' it's colder'n a Swedish well-digger's behin'
But I gotta do it

Otherwise I'm outta' m'min. stone crazy

Stop the faucet from drippin'

'N drivin y'nuts - stone nuts
It's drivin' you crazy
One more drip an' you'll scream


No stuff, you can look him
An' tell he has enough

Whoa-oh, lemme tell y'really
It's rough


Talkin' 'bout them blee blop blues

I'm hip to that drip goofin' my sleep

I'm so tired o'gittin' up in the night
What a catastratrose
Pride's got me feelin' I'm boun't'

Behave like an oaf
I'll git me a hammer - Bam!
Quite the difference in the way

The faucet soun's now
I'm gonna go bam-bam-bam-bam
Bam-bam-bam on that faucet

Damn that faucet for the stupid ol'
Drip that it is I tell y'
I really am sick o'that drip

Maybe the plumber man's
Got him a better, prettier tip
About stoppin' that drip

But as f'now

[Background:]

When you be deep within y'nightly nap
An' nothin worser than a drippin' tap
You try t'lay there an' preten' you deaf

But soon y' fin'ly know there ain' nothin' left
That you jus' cannot stand it anymore
You're hip

Drip drip drip drip
An' so y'git up an' you're half asleep
You're so disgusted that'cha wanna weep

You bump your knee while tryin' t'find the lamp
Your throat is dried up and y'feelin' a cramp
You can't feel dum'r an' you'd like t'kill the plum'er
You envy children in summer camp


But as for now
But as for now
The drippin' soun'
The drippin' soun'
Has got me so I'm 'bout t'tear the plumin' down

I'm 'bout t'tear the plumin' down I'm talkin' down
Y'gotta stop
Y'gotta stop
The constant seep
The constant seep

Because it makes it real impossible t'sleep
Real impossible t'sleep, I'm talkin' sleep
Your plum'er goofed
So face the fact
Y' gotta use

A lot o'tact

Your plumber really gotta' straighten
Up his act
Next time you're li'ble to crack


Folks with leaky faucets
Think o'wakin' up millions o'times
T'stop the faucet drippin'
Part o'the trouble o'livin' with plumbin'
Is the dues a fella always pays
Adoptin' fancy citified ways
That's what'cha git f'livin in the city

Whenever a nature lover hears your tale
You ain' gonna git lots o'pity

Dig - when y'r bothered by the blee bop blues
Dig this - turn the faucet off'n you'll stop blues
Then dig this - you won't have t'sing th'
Blee bop blues


When pipes're drippin' nerves're strainin'
People jus' can't help complainin'
Everybody really c'n dig that

Stuff that pipe


End this endless incredible gripe
End this endless gripe

That's them dues' - Blee blop blues
Yeah - - - - - - -

Submit Corrections