Napoli-Variations On A Neapolitan Song - Wynton Marsalis

Both of us see a cloud Or whatever we may believe Being it may be proud Or whatever we want to see OK, jump Cirrus in (cumulus) light (dark) you lie (vow) Give us varying (colorful) shades of grey Floating inside (outside) the sky Show us everything (nothing) everyday OK, jump to end it all Let this one be to break the fall It's a little bit of magic to end the world But I thought you knew me truly Something different than we started with in the world Does it even matter to me? I was in the hearing Bumming a humble clearing from Caligula In his Shangri-La La La It's a little bit of magic to end the world But I thought you knew me truly Something different than we started with in the world Does it even matter to me? Miracle worker, I saw you begin it Walking the water, so soft on the rain See what you see in the surface, a limit Ladies and gentlemen, please Why don't we keep it coming back And coming back And coming back Why don't we keep it coming back And coming back (join if you wish) Keep it coming back And coming back And coming back Why don't we keep it coming back And coming back (These days it's hard to find friends) We've been to this scene Aboriginal meme (But oportunities bend) (And we spend the chance sleeping on the top of the fence) Had a smotherful mother full of meddle and steam Can't believe what we've seen Won't be burned to the ground Though we make ourselves castles Every tide we're around Do you like how I walk? Do you like how I talk? (It's a little bit of magic to end the world) Do you like how my face has learned to tick like a clock? (But I thought you knew me truly) I have a wonderful life I know a powerful Bob (Something different than we started with in the world) He eulogizes me for being geocentric (Does it even matter to me?) (Ha ha ha ha!) Keep it coming back And coming back And coming back Why don't we keep it coming back And coming back And coming back And coming

You try to play cool like you just don't care But soon I'll be playing in your underwear I'm like a mage with the magic spell You come like a dog when I ring your bell I got the money, and I got the fame You got the hots to ride on my plane You giving me all that I desire 'Cause down with me I'm taking you higher I'm the baddest of the bad I'm the best that you've ever had I'm the tops, I'm the thing All the girls get up when I sing, yeah I'm the meanest in the place Step up, I'll mess with your face I don't care where you are Look up and follow the star I, I'm gonna tear down the wall I may not be here when you call So best be giving me your all After the havoc that I'm gonna wreak No more words will critics have to speak I've got the answers to the tangled knot Sleep tight in your cot Oh baby, I've been told I'm going crazy Oh baby, well I can't be held down Oh baby, somehow I'm keeping it steady Oh baby, I'm tearing up this town Hey, this is what I like Cut my heart with a martyr's spike Hey, this is nothing new I've got more than enough for you I can take on anybody I can do my thing I don't wanna hurt nobody, but a bee has got to sting I'mma fix it if you mix it up, hoot, hoot Talk smack, and I'm-a gonna shut you up, hoot, hoot I am the greatest man that ever lived I was born to give (I was born to give) I am the greatest man that ever lived, oh Radioactive (radioactive) Somebody said all the world's a stage And each of us is a player That's what I've been tryin' to tell you In Act 1, I was struggling to survive Nobody wanted my action dead or alive Act 2, I hit the big time And bodies be all up on my behind And I can't help myself because I was born to shine And if you don't like it, you can shove it But you don't like it, you love it So I'll be up here in a rage 'Til they bring the curtain down on the stage I'm the greatest man that ever lived (I'm the greatest man that ever lived) I'm the greatest man that ever lived (I'm the greatest man that ever lived) I am the greatest man that ever lived I was born to give and give and give I am the greatest man that ever lived Radioactive (radioactive) I am the greatest man that ever lives I was born to give