Lorraine Feather - I Love You Guys lyrics

Oh yes, I love you guys.
I’m sure it’s no surprise that I do.
I love your sound, your swing,
Love that thing you bring
To the most well-worn song,
To make us want to hear it all night long,
To make us want it to go on all night long.

To death, I love you guys.
Hearing you improvise lays me flat.
I love your twos, your fours,
Love the way you blew the doors off
That little joint in Vegas,
Where the pay was a joke,
And the A/C broke.

Wish I could show you guys
How much I care,
Put a million bucks into your Pension and Welfare,
For those years you spent developing your knack,
In the hopes that you would
Someday wind up on some
Soundtrack where you’re not even heard.
It’s a little absurd.

Oh God, I love you guys.
You’re heroes in my eyes, for real.
I love to watch you go to town.
I’ll never tell you to turn it down,
‘Cause I love you guys.
That’s the deal.

I’d like to take a moment
To apologize to you guys,
For any lapse in my musicality,
Scattin’ the blues
Over a non-blues tonality,
Accidentally changing key,
Then lookin’ around at you furiously.

We often struggle with insecurity,
‘Specially those of us who don’t play
(that would never apply
To Miss Carmen McRae),
And I’m sorry,
Though it had nothing to do with me,
For times along the way
When you fell prey to some awful indignity,
Being made to wear matching vests,
Being told, “The nuts are for the guests.”

So bad, I love you guys.
To hear you cracking wise is a treat.
I love your early takes, and your final takes,
The alleged mistakes
That you insist require punching in.
I never notice them,
And never could begin to say

How I adore you guys.
I’d do anything for you guys,
And your long-suffering families
(would you remember to thank them, please?)
Love how you go straight ahead.
It especially knocks me dead
When you take it ‘round the bend together,
Then you somehow mysteriously end together.

I’ve dated a ton of you,
Married one of you.
His license plate is a seven-stroke roll.
That’s Gregg demonstrating. It goes
Right, right, left, left, right, right, left.
I kind of explain it in the booklet.
I love you guys,
Heart and soul.