[00:01.15]If it Don't Swing - Soul Blues Icon
[00:19.12]Got a suit in the closet
[00:22.88]Shoes with the shine
[00:27.02]But if the band don't swing
[00:31.16]I ain't feeling fine
[00:35.35]You can talk about love
[00:39.41]You can talk about style
[00:43.52]But if it ain't got groove
[00:47.63]It ain't worth my while
[00:49.51]If it don't swing
[00:53.94]It don't shine
[00:57.86]If it don't move your soul
[01:02.15]It ain't mine
[01:06.08]I need a rhythm that rolls
[01:09.78]A heart that's true
[01:13.59]Cause the blues mean nothing
[01:17.82]Without that groove
[01:24.46]I met a sweet woman
[01:28.51]Down on Basin Street
[01:32.62]Said boy you can talk
[01:36.68]But can you keep that beat
[01:40.86]I laughed and said baby let's see tonight
[01:44.97]Then the horns lit the room in golden light
[01:49.03]If it don't swing it don't shine
[01:52.21]If it don't make you sweat it ain't divine
[01:57.61]Give me love with a rhythm and truth and tune
[02:02.36]We'll dance our blues
[02:06.43]Till the rise of noon
[02:11.44]Now you can preach your gospel
[02:16.56]Or sip your wine
[02:19.59]But I'll pray to that baseline
[02:25.57]Every time
[02:27.52]Let the drummer testify
[02:29.86]Let the sax confess
[02:32.42]If swing's in your soul
[02:35.15]You're truly blessed
[02:42.45]So keep your diamonds
[02:46.88]Your high class ways
[02:51.45]I'll take a juke joint jam
[02:55.51]And the band that plays
[02:58.98]Cause when the rhythm's right
[03:03.07]The world feels kind
[03:06.75]And love walks in
[03:10.71]Toe tapping behind
[03:15.36]If it don't swing
[03:19.43]It don't shine
[03:23.63]If it don't move your heart
[03:27.90]It ain't mine
[03:31.76]When that groove's alive
[03:35.48]Everything's fine
[03:43.41]Cause if it don't swing
[03:49.48]It sure don't shine