Four Brothers - Manhattan Transfer

Take a seat and cool it 'cause unless you overrule it

We are ready to show you some blowin'

A rompin' and a stompin' is a lot of fun

Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

So settle down an' listen 'cause you don’t know what you’re missin'

And we’re ready to give you a showin'

A movin' it 'n groovin' it has just begun

Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

We got a little message that you’re gonna enjoy

Ain’t no sense in dodgin' the facts

So settle in your easy chair an' if you ever had a care — forget it

It’s time to relax

You might as well admit it, we’re the best that ever did it

But in case you ain’t too sure o' knowin'

We’re gonna let you listen to us one by one

Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

How’d ya do, I’m talkin' about you

It’s very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen to me blow

'Cause as sure as I’m born, I’m blowin' my horn

Listen’t’me baby, I’m blowin', zootin' it up

And I hope you dig the sounds I’m makin' more’n any other

Now I must go for it’s time for you to listen to my other brother

I think the chick’s talkin' 'bout me so I’d better go 'n see

I’m hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet you

That’s the reason I’m blowin' so snappily

I don’t know what ya got, but it thrills me an' I hope to have a lot

'Cause it puts me in clover

So baby, if you would like to dig my other brother

You’re gonna have to turn the record over

Hey hey hey

Who ya talkin' about, say who ya talkin' about

Did I hear you say you’d introduce your other brother

'Cause in case I heard you talkin' about three, that’s me

Pleased to meet you, how’d you do, how are you, nothin’s new

How is everything with you?

Whattya say I leave this jazz up to my brother --

Dig dig dig my Long Island sound

I hope you’re puttin' it down

You got me in a mood that’s so romantic

If you noticed you can take this silly old actin'

'Cause I’m actin' so distracted when I dig you

Pretty baby you will never know how much I really dig you

You have got me so excited that I goofed blowin' my horn

Boop bop the news is gettin' around, we’re really puttin' it down

We’re glad, in fact, to know that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time to

give you more

Thank you for the compliment

You told us we were better just as though we didn’t know it

We’re hip that we’re the best, we’re over all the rest

We’re in the modern school, we always play it cool, we never play the fool

The honkers and the squeakers might be stealin' the show

But we don’t go for that, so while we blow

Hi-ho, lackaday, boy it’s a natural fact

I ain’t no kin, but I would like to get in the act!

Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta here now

Fellas we appreciate it makin' you mad

But we must ask you to apologize

Because after all he’s in our band

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers

Although we sound like more

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers

We’re really only four

We like to blow but we don’t know how time can fly and how an hour can pass away

We wish the time would never go so we could take our time an' blow 'til

judgement day

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers

Now just one final word:

I’m happy to know you and I hope I don’t forget you

It’s really a pleasure and I hope I don’t look silly to you

I’m hopin' the story that I told did not upset you

Sorry, now in conclusion we are hoping that you heard four

So just before we go we want you to know ---

We’re glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz

(We don’t go for braggin' but we’re blowin' our own…)

Horn!