It Really Has Grown Darker
(Ever Since A Bird Named Parker Flew The Coop)

CONNOISSEURS OF BEBOP
ALWAYS DIG THE LINES HE BLEW
HE CREATED THE SOUND AND THE RHYTHM AND NO ONE CUTS HIM
THOUGH WE'VE GOT GIANTS OF BOP NOW
THERE'S A DEFIANT NEW CROP
HOW STRONG THE CRY TO BLOW BEYOND
NO LONGER WANTING TO BE SIDEMEN IN HIS GROUP, BUT 
IT REALLY HAS GROWN DARKER EVER SINCE A BIRD NAMED PARKER FLEW THE COOP

WHAT WAS STALLIN' ROLLINS
'NEATH THE OLD MANHATTAN BRIDGE?
HE WAS TRYIN' TO FIND HIS OWN SOUND BUT THE ECHO LINGERED
MILES TRIED TO PLAY IT MORE MUTED
MONK PLAYED IT MORE CONVOLUTED
BUT NO ONE COULD OUTFLY THE MAN
THOUGH EV'RYONE OF THEM TRIED IT, THEY KNEW THE SCOOP, THAT 
IT REALLY HAS GROWN DARKER EVER SINCE A BIRD NAMED PARKER FLEW THE COOP

ORNETTE THREW OUT CHANGES
CRITICS SAY THE BABY, TOO
KEPT EXPLAININ' THAT HE WAS BEGINNING WHERE CHARLIE ENDED
MILES SWITCHED FROM BEBOP TO BITCHIN'
MONK TWITCHED IN SOME WITCH'S KITCHEN
NOW FUSION'S KEEPING JAZZ ALIVE
A SAD COLLUSION OF JIVERS WHOSE FEATHERS DROOP, YEAH,
IT REALLY HAS GROWN DARKER EVER SINCE A BIRD NAMED PARKER FLEW THE COOP
I SAID, IT REALLY HAS GROWN DARKER EVER SINCE A BIRD NAMED PARKER FLEW THE COOP
FLEW THE COOP