Duke Ellington Lyrics

Album: Greatest Hits

It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Lyrics

What good is melody? 

What good is music?

If it ain’t possessing something sweet

Now it ain’t the melody

And it ain’t the music

There’s something else that makes this tune complete, YES 

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

Well it don’t mean a thing all you got to do is sing

It makes no difference if it’s sweet or hot

Just give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got YES

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

It don’t mean a thing

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing boy

(Ba ba doo dah doo…)

I said it don’t mean a thing and all you got to do is sing

(La la la…)

Now it makes no difference if it’s sweet or hot

Just give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got OHH

It don’t mean a thing boy, if it ain’t got-a-that-a-swinga

(Ba boo ba doo…)

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