Libby Hammer - Jazz Animal Song Lyrics

There's a certain kind of muso
I wish I could be
The kind of swingin' player
Who blows wild and free
And takes an old jazz melody
And makes it seem new
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz cat too

I practise every day
Woodshedding 'til I am sore
I practise 'til I think
That I can practise no more
I trumpet through my long grey trunk
Until I am through
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz elephant too

I wish I could be in the band
Yeah, one of the crowd
I want to play that Dixie music
Lively and loud
I'd wobble though the water
While I jam with the crew
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz jellyfish too

The drummer, really, he's the cat
Who makes it all groove
I want to play like him
'Cos I've something to prove
I'll thunder on the buckets
With a stick of bamboo
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz panda too

To be a real musician
That would really be grand
Imagine being up there
On the stage in a band
I'd stretch out on a vamp
And chew an old tennis shoe
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz dog too

And when it comes to my turn
To show off my chops
I'd sing some shoo-be-doo-bees
And some bips and some bops
I'd sing 'skiddly-diddly-bop boo-wop-bow'
And then I'd go 'moo'
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz cow too

I don't know how they do it
They must really be good
If it were me, I'd play
The very best that I could
I'd swing from tree to tree
And come in right on the cue
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz monkey too

I could play sax or clarinet
Or even trombone
I'll show you how it's done
When I get into the zone
I'll lay an egg and then
Lay down a lick, maybe two
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz chicken too

So when I learn to play my music
Just like a pro
I only want to go
Where all the jazz cats go
But probably I'll end up
Where I belong, in the zoo
I wish, I wish, I wish
That I could be a jazz kangaroo
Or a jazz zebra or a jazz frog
Or a jazz butterfly or a jazz emu
Or a jazz lizard, or a jazz cockatoo
What about a jazz hippopotamus?
No wait, I've got it, a jazz dolphin
Or a jazz octopus, jazz koala
Jazz shark, that is so awesome
What about a jazz ant
Or a jazz hamster? So cute!
A jazz porcupine, a jazz rabbit
Jazz tiger, jazz pelican
I wish I wish I wish
That I could be a jazz cat too