Lyrics:

Everybody talking

talking pretty hard

everybody talking

'bout singing from the heart

if you want my opinion

it doesn't mean a thing

if you havn't got that

ability to swing

yeah, the ability to swing.



everybody thinking

thinking pretty hard

everybody thinking

'bout singin' from the heart

so listen up already

I'm sayin' it again

if you havn't got that

ability to swing

ah, the ability to swing.



dreams, take 'em away

go it alone, honey Rome wasn't built in a day

but now it's a ruin, the joke has worn thin

and it isn't cool to abuse the ability to swing.



everybody working

working pretty hard

everybody working

at singing from the heart

if you want my opinion

it isn't worth a bean

if you you ain't in posession

of the ability to swing,



friends, send them away

go it alone, honey Rome wasn't built in a day

now it's a ruin, the joke has worn thin

and it isn't cool to abuse the ability to swing.



but each beat send me deeper under

each beat send me more to sleep

heart melts ice and heart spells danger

don't hold your breath boy

'cause it don't come cheap.



everybody looking

looking pretty hard

everybody searching

for a meaning in my art

I'll level with you bucko

it isn't worth a bean

if you ain't in posession

of the ability to swing

the ability to swing

mmm, the ability to swing.