The Newport Jazz Festival presents The music of the Cecil Taylor Quartet Good evening, ladies and gentlemen For the first tune, we'd like to play Billy Strayhorn's Johnny Come Lately

Take these broken woes Wash it down with Ginny She knows what I'm missing I need what she knows Feathered one of many Birds of prey in vogue Watch you pour that steady Sip it 'til we slow Take these broken woes Wash it down with Ginny She knows what I'm missing I need what she knows Feathered one of many Birds of prey in vogue Watch you pour that steady Sip it 'til we slow, oh Hot from the faintest hint Felt like this before Warnings like sirens Pulse through my conscience Can't seem to let you in You know it's not your fault Just come and see me, stay 'til noon Light that ciggy, smoke for two Want it bad Stuck with my many motives I can feel them come up to the surface Let me feel it once then Let me feel it again Got it bad I know that now I've chosen Nothing stops me from getting close and Let me feel you once yes Let me feel it Take these broken woes Wash it down with Ginny She knows what I'm missing I need what she knows Feathered one of many Birds of prey in vogue Watch you pour that steady Sip it 'til we slow I wish I could've foreseen The four sides of my type I was blind I was blind Eyes wide shut can they foresee The four sides of my type But I'm blind Yes, I'm blind, yeah, yeah Want it bad Stuck with my many motives I can feel them come up to the surface Let me feel it once then Let me feel it again Got it bad I know that now that I've chosen Nothing stops me from getting close and Let me feel you once, yes Let me feel it Take these broken woes Wash it down with Ginny She knows what I'm missing I need what she knows Feathered one of many Birds of prey in vogue Watch you pour that steady Sip it 'til we slow So I take these broken woes Wash it down with Ginny She knows what I'm missing I need what she knows Feathered one of many (many) Birds of prey in vogue Watch you pour that steady Sip it 'til we slow

Oh, ho-ho-ho! I knew I was gon' see- I knew I was gonna see you again! I knew I was gonna see you again Where's your goddamn book bag at? Always carryin' that lil' book bag Nobody wanna see that Goddamn 4th grader, sit yo' ass down! He wanna play it again like he got somethin' else to do You ain't got nothin' else to do! You ain't doin' nothin' with yo' life Nothing with yo' life! You think this is? You better look at me when I'm talkin' to you! You think this is easy, don't you? You think this is promised! Well, ain't nothin' promised with you! Look at my face, do I got a promise face? Does it look like I promised you anything? Kanye! Nig- is you snorin' in my class? Wake up, Mr. West! Wake up, Mr. West! Mr. W-