Swingin' Away The Blues - Ann Hampton Callaway, Sherrie Maricle

In centuries twenty and twenty one

The world is spinnin' faster for ev’ryone

Why does it seem sanity’s takin' a snooze?

But there’s an old remedy I adore

Snappin' my fingers on the two and four

I like to call it «swingin' away the blues»

CHORUS Swingin' away

Swingin' away

Swingin' away

Swingin' away the blues

Well, give me those trumpets and saxophones

I’m gonna be confidin' with the slide trombones

Slap that bass, put some tap in my shoes

If I can hear the drummer playin' Krupa style

All my woes’ll walk away single file

Hear that piano «swingin' away the blues»

CHORUS

INSTRUMENTAL (Modulation)

BRIDGE

When I can’t find a silver lining

In any cloud, anywhere, anytime

All I need to stop my whining

Is just a beat, not too sweet, ready beat

Blues’ll drop with a bop, heady beat

Then a smile in a while- steady beat

Soon that swingin' starts me singin'

SCAT

So, whatever happens from day to day

Happiness is always just a song away

Say «bon voyage», send those cares on a cruise

When drivin' or dreamin' or when you jog

When you wash your dishes or walk the dog

You gotta try it- swingin' away the blues

CHORUS

CODA CHORUS

That’s what does it for me Swingin' away

Swingin' away the blues

Swingin' away the blues!

Yeah!