thats what i call jazz

i'm writing to what i hear

and what i hear is a sound that

takes me back to a place i've never been

but always wanted to go

a place where the room is filled with smoke

and everybody knows

that you just stepped in

gin and rum

whiskey and bootleg brew

ragtime willie

and betsy blue

do what no one else can

make this place rock

to the point where you

are unable to stand

without spilling the little bit

of what is left in your flask.

now that's what i call jazz