Ed Rashed

Syncopated City

Ed Rashed


Wrap me in a package, send it overnight mail 
To the Syncopated City by the underground rail 
Gotta hear some Jazz up on bad old Broadway 
Need some razzmatazz, blow some backbeat my way 
Gonna go - Syncopated City 
And that Jazz - soundin' mighty pretty 
Gonna get - down inside The Apple tonight, tonight, tonight 

Meet me on the A Train, take the old MTA 
I'll be headin down to Bleecker where the Bluesmen all play 
Up in Lincoln Plaza we'll be dancin' all night 
Then gimme some tomorrow, there'll be no end in sight 

Gonna stay - Syncopated City 
And those Blues - diddy me wa diddy 
Look for me - down inside The Apple tonight, tonight, tonight 

There's a rolling poly-rhythm with the upbeats on top 
And a pulse that keeps on pushing 'til your Be knows how to Bop 
You've got one foot tipping this way and the other tapping that 
Syncopated situations from your heels up through your hat 

Call in the morning, tell the boss that I'm gone 
'Cause the sun'll catch us moving to the slow beats at Dawn 
Underneath a bridge, where the music won't stop 
Huddled up where lights are blown out 
Keep it down, or we'll get thrown out 
Tell the bassman, keep an eye out for the sleepy-eyed cop... 

It's the life - Syncopated City 
Still can't sleep - feeling kind of giddy 
Must have been - down inside The Apple all night, all night, all night 

Ooo, Syncopated City 
Ooo yeah, yeah, yeah, Syncopated City