Built on a 10 second drum break from James Brown’s Funky Drummer, this is a song about a carefree night in Soho, with a couple of bright young things stumbling into a dive bar jazz club where we meet the band, and a fabulous woman playing double bass.
Lyrics:
It’s a quarter to ten on a warm summer night and the pavements shine with the orange glow of street lights
And the car head-lamps shining into the doorways and foyers where playful couples take their cover – – under makeshift umbrellas, arty girls and good fellas laughing at the sight they must seem, a chaotic street scene
They find a dive bar, out of the rain,
down the stairs, The smoke hangs in the air,
Just beyond the bar, there’s the light on the stage, the horns race,
the Bookseller’s Road to Apprehension Big Band
The barman sets out two drinks at the bar, looks up, it’s just night like any other,
And the heart is beating, with Lucky Tom on the drums and the sweet notes of Two Hat Tony floating out, he’s my brother
On bass, Miss Forella, and the party girl wants to tell her, she’s the coolest one on the stage, she writes her own page
They find a dive bar, out of the rain,
down the stairs, The smoke hangs in the air,
Just beyond the bar, there’s the guys on the stage, the horns race,
the Bookseller’s Road to Apprehension Big Band
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