I Speak Jazz

Words they hang me up the most but wait

Words are not how I communicate

If we're talking native language here

I just want to make it crystal clear...

Jazz is my language, my language of choice

My horn is my voice, my vocabulary dictionary, school library

I was seven when i got my horn

Held it to me and i felt reborn

Started playing, and my heart went, slam!

This"", i cried aloud, is who i am!

Music's my refuge, my love, my joy

So says the man who was once that little boy

I

Speak fluent jazz

I know the power that it has

To say what mere words just can't convey

Uh huh

Cool jazz or hot,

It really doesn't matter what

I'm gonna blow you away

When I play

Just so happens when i saw your face

I was suddenly a basket case

My capacity for speech is nil

I can't say it but my trumpet will

Jazz is my language, as i told you before

I take a deep breath and out my feelings pour.

I speak fluent jazz -

I know the power that it has

Wherever I happen to go

I don't need a band

It's sittin' here right in my hand

The greatest persuader I know

I speak fluent jazz

I know the power that it has

Since ever a trumpet was born

My language of choice

My ever universal voice

Me and my horn

We speak jazz!

Jazz!