The scene is set
everybody's in place
Two chairs filled
for every five gone to waste
Pantsuit girl
gives me a nasty gaze
She says play that
on your own time
Walk to the bandstand
blow my horn
Nobody knows
what we're really here for
Let's take it out hard
till they show us the door
It's us against them tonight
Play the changes
Make the changes
Hear the changes
Take it out hard
till they show us the door
<interlude>
A girl with a nose ring
said to me
She said where's the
joy in your delivery
I said maybe there's not
supposed to be
Any real joy at all here
She sat there with that
plaster smile
As we sit jiving
but in a little while
Holding her hair
she joined the single file
And walked on down the hall
Play the changes
Make the changes
Hear the changes
Us against them tonight
<interlude>
The owner says
he thinks we need some work
Got a place for you
got some roadwork
Laying asphalt
on the interstate
Nobody cares
and why should they
<interlude>
A white girl in a dashiki says
you're all the rage
My friends and I think you're
quite the sage
Wear a kofu
and a finger guage
To see which way
the wind blows today
Play the changes
Make the changes
Hear the changes
To see which way
the wind blows today
Old friend Dave
with the silver spoon
Says why don't you play those
good old tunes
Give it up now
you could fill the room
I say there's nothing like
a good Trane tune
Changes
These things called changes
Where do we go from here?