Video You Gotta Pay The Band de Abbey Lincoln 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Abbey Lincoln - You Gotta Pay The Band Lyrics

[Verse]
Oh, it really isn't easy
Just to let the good times roll
Everything is measured at a cost
Everybody living pays their share of dues
And sometimes what you think you got, you lost
So ring a ding ding
Do your thing
But remember, darling

[Chorus]
When you give a dance
You gotta pay the band
The band that played your song the whole night through
When you give a dance
It's better if you plan
To pay the piper what the piper's due
The moves were free and easy
As we danced across thе floor
The turns and the exchangеs
Being what the music's for
But when the ball is over
And the revelry is done
You gotta pay the band that played your song

[Tenor Saxophone Solo]
[Chorus]
When you give a dance
You gotta pay the band
The band that played your song the whole night through
When you give a dance
It's better if you plan
To pay the piper what the piper's due
The music brought the magic
And we found each other's arms
We danced until the morning
And we knew each other's charms
But when the party's over
And the people are all gone
You gotta pay the band that played your song
You gotta pay the band that played your song
Well, you gotta pay the band that played your song