I heard you say that tonight´s the night
You say there´s a party going on
I´m in the door like an old 78 side
And I hear ´em out hitting on a Coleman song
My friend John with a mirror and spoon

Got a belt and a mainline scene
A couple getting off in the back room
Someone´s collecting money for the friend in need
Oh, sounds like a good time, a ball to me
Sounds like a place I´d like to be
There´s a little crowd you´re gonna want to meet
Oh, they got a thing going on swing street, hey hey
Nice old man in the corner booth
Making time with Jive-time Stu
She makes her sting ´neath the table blue
Says she´s an actor but she´s hooking as a sideline too
Oh, sounds like a good time, a ball to me
Sounds like a place I´d like to be
Everybody rolls when it´s time to meet
Oh, they got a thing going on swing street
Got a good thing going down on swing street

You say there´s nothing but bums around here
Listen to the sound of the cymbal so clear
Cutting contest on the stand
Somebody´s trying to blow you away
What makes him swing harder than you do
Oh, better hit the woodshed for ninety days
Oh, sounds like a good time, a ball to me
Sounds like a place I´d like to be
There´s a little crowd you´re gonna want to meet
Oh, they got a thing going on swing street
Got a good thing going down on swing street
Got a good thing going down on swing street, hey hey
Got a thing going on on swing street
Got a thing going on
Got a thing going on on swing street