The Ability to Swing Songtext
von Grace Knight

Everybody thinking
Thinking pretty hard
Everybody thinking
′Bout singing from the heart
If you want my opinion
It doesn't mean a thing
If you haven′t got that
Ability to swing

Everybody working
Working pretty hard
Everybody working
And singing from the heart
If you want my opinion
It isn't worth a bean
If you ain't in possession
Of the ability to swing


Dreams, take ′em away
Go it alone
Honey, Rome wasn′t built in a day
Now it's a ruin
The jokers won′t stay
And it isn't cool to abuse
The ability to swing

Everybody talking
Talking pretty loud
Everybody looking
To stand out from the crowd
Gonna break it to you bucko
It doesn′t mean a thing
If you ain't in possession
Of the ability to swing

Friends, send ′em away
Go it alone
Honey, Rome wasn't built in a day
Now it's a ruin
The jokers won′t stay
And it isn′t cool to abuse
The ability to swing


Each beat send me deeper under
Each beat send me more to sleep
Heart melts ice and
Heart melts danger
Don't hold your breath
It don′t come cheap

Everybody looking
Looking pretty hard
Everybody looking
For a meaning in their art
Gonna give it to you straight boy
It doesn't mean a thing
If you haven′t got that
Ability to swing

The ability to swing
The ability to swing
The ability to swing
The ability to swing
The ability to swing
The ability to swing
The ability to swing
The ability to swing