[ti:Four Brothers (Live Version)]
[ar:Manhattan Transfer]
[al:Man-t-ra! Live in Tokyo]
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[00:31.49]Take a seat and cool it 'cause unless you overrule it
[00:33.67]We are ready to show you some blowin'
[00:35.80]A rompin' and a stompin' is a lot of fun
[00:37.67]Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
[00:39.68]So settle down an' listen 'cause you don't know what you're missin'
[00:41.67]And we're ready to give you a showin'
[00:44.24]A movin' it an' groovin' it has just begun
[00:45.92]Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
[00:48.61]We got a little message that you're gonna enjoy
[00:50.99]Ain't no sense in dodgin' the facts
[00:52.74]So settle in your easy chair an' if you ever had a care, forget it
[00:55.55]It's time to relax
[00:57.36]We might as well admit it, we're the best that ever did it
[00:59.61]But in case you ain't too sure a knowin'
[01:01.43]We're gonna let you listen to us one by one
[01:03.17]Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
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[01:06.11]How'd ya do? I'm talkin' about you
[01:07.92]It's very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen me blow
[01:11.30]'Cause as sure as I'm born, I'm blowin' my horn
[01:14.30]It's me baby, I'm blowin', zootin' it up
[01:16.93]And I hope you dig the sounds, I'm makin' more 'n any other
[01:20.74]Now I must go for it's time for you to listen to my other brother
[01:23.67]I think the chick's talkin' 'bout me, so I'd better go an' see
[01:28.63]I'm hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet you
[01:30.81]That's the reason I'm blowin' so snappily
[01:32.94]I don't know what ya got but it thrills me an' I hope to have a lot
[01:36.25]'Cause it puts me in clover
[01:37.68]So baby, if you would like to dig my other brother
[01:41.12]You're gonna have to turn the record over
[01:43.85]Hey, hey, hey
[01:44.48]Who ya talkin' about? Say who ya talkin' about?
[01:45.98]Did I hear you say you'd introduce your other brother
[01:48.29]'Cause in case I heard you talkin' about three, that's me
[01:50.54]Pleased to meet you, how'd you do? How are you? Nothing is new
[01:53.04]How is everything with you?
[01:54.48]Would you say "I leave this jazz up to my brother"?
[01:57.54]Dig, dig, dig, my Long Island sound
[01:58.98]I hope you're puttin' it down
[02:02.48]You got me in a mood that's so romantic
[02:04.73]If you notice you can dig this silly old act
[02:06.53]Because I'm actin' so distracted, when I dig you
[02:09.15]Pretty baby, you will never know how much I really dig you
[02:12.78]You have got me so excited that I goofed blowin' my horn
[02:15.90]Ooh, bop, the news is gettin' around, we're really puttin' it down
[02:18.46]We're glad of fact that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time
[02:21.52]To give you more, thank you for the compliment
[02:23.27]You told us we were better, just as if we didn't know it
[02:26.52]We're hip that we're the best, we're over all the rest
[02:28.51]We're in the modern school, we always play it cool
[02:30.58]We never play the fool
[02:31.58]The honkers and the squeakers might be stealin' the show
[02:33.20]But we don't go for that, so while we blow
[02:34.89]Hi-ho, lackadaise, for it's a natural fact
[02:36.96]I ain't no kin but I would like to get in the act
[02:40.07]Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta here now
[02:43.77]Fellas we appreciate him makin' you mad
[02:45.08]But we must ask you to apologize
[02:47.14]Because after all he's in our band
[02:48.39]Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
[02:49.82]Although we sound like more
[02:50.70]Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
[02:51.64]We're really only four
[02:53.07]We like to blow but we don't know how time can fly
[02:56.76]And how our cares pass away
[02:59.51]We wish the time would never go so we could take our time
[03:03.88]An' blow 'til judgment day
[03:04.77]Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
[03:05.83]Now just one final word
[03:06.83]I'd like to know you and I hope I don't forget you
[03:10.45]It's really a pleasure and I hope I don't look silly to you
[03:12.88]I'm hopin' the story that I told did not upset you
[03:15.20]Sorry now in conclusion were you hoping that you heard four
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[03:18.66]So just before we go we want you to know
[03:27.72]We're glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz
[03:31.85]We don't call for back up on the road, oh, oh