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58 in Paris in the pouring rain I saw the sweet life going down the drain The Adonis of the horn standing in the door way Bayonet fixed waiting for the dealer And his current trick Chet was god and I was just 15 And he was already dead inside his dream Jazz man, Jazz man Blowing the blues away Jazz man, Jazz man Don't blow yourself away On Broadway New York When I was being re-burn At the Copper Rail With Philly Joe on the drums Rapping about how he could stop the war You know the one that's still going on Up in Harlem and Vietnam Nothing changed as far as I can see They just upped the tempo And changed the melody Jazz man, Jazz man SongtexteBlowing the blues away Jazz man, Jazz man Don't blow yourself away Within the tiny room In which this child grew up The family we got our dreams From a silver cup Live from the Paladium Sunday night TV Billie I believe you were singing judt for me She was dying a little everyday You touched me in my solitude Lady Day Keep a talking Jazz man, Jazz man Blowing the blues away Jazz man, Jazz man Don't blow yourself away Jazz man, Jazz man Blowing the blues away Jazz man, Jazz man Don't blow yourself away Aus Songtexte Mania