Lyrics

Jazz In Five

Verse 1]
When I was ten, I rode my bike,
Two wheels spinning, the place I like.
To the record store, where dreams reside,
A treasure waiting just inside.
A crackling sound, the vinyl spins,
The first note played, my life begins.

[Chorus]
"Take Five", sounds so right,
A rhythm born to light the night.
A melody to cut the strife,
The first day of the rest of my life.

[Verse 2]
The HiFi hummed, with Dave's pure tone,
In my living room, a world my own.
Paul's saxophone spoke, smooth and sly,
Like whispers from a jazzy-blue sky.
Every groove, a secret shared,
A child’s heart, unprepared.

(Sax solo interlude)

[Chorus]
"Take Five", sounds so right,
Five four born to light the night.
A melody to cut the strife,
The first day of the rest of my life.

(Verse 3)
The console hummed, its wooden glow,
Needle dropped, and time slowed.
Brubeck’s keys, a gentle tease,
Paul's sax swept me in the breeze.
The world transformed, my room a stage,
A ten-year-old in a jazz-soaked age.

(Sax solo interlude)

[Bridge]
Five four swelled behind the saxophone’s cry,
A gentle storm beneath a starlit sky.
Time stood still in that fleeting refrain,
I was ten, but I'd never be the same.

[Chorus]
"Take Five", sounds so right,
A rhythm born to light the night.
A melody to cut the strife,
The first day of the rest of my life.

[Outro]
Now I look back, the years unwind,
To that young girl with a jazz-filled mind.
A bicycle ride, those complex scores,
That opened up a thousand doors.
That first day, a deep jazz dive,
The rest of my life began with jazz in five.

(sax solo finale)

David Rose