The Changes

<br>The scene is set, everybody`s in place<br>Two chairs filled for every five gone to waste<br>Pantsuit girl gives me a nasty gaze<br>She says play that on your own time<br>Walk to the bandstand blow my horn<br>Nobody knows what we`re really here for<br>Let`s take it out hard till they show us the door<br>It`s us against them tonight<br><br>Play the changes<br>Make the changes<br>Hear the changes<br>Take it out hard till they show us the door<br><br>A girl with a nose ring said to me<br>She said where`s the joy in your delivery<br>I said maybe there`s not supposed to be<br>Any real joy at all here<br>She sat there with that plaster smile<br>As we sit jiving but in a little while<br>Holding her hair she joined the single file<br>And walked on down the hall<br><br><br>Play the changes<br>Make the changes<br>Hear the changes<br>Us against them tonight<br><br>The owner says he thinks we need some work<br>Got a place for you, got some roadwork<br>Laying asphalt on the interstate<br>Nobody cares and why should they<br>A white girl in a dashiki says you`re all the rage<br>My friends and I think you`re quite the sage<br>Wear a kofu and a finger guage<br>To see which way the wind blows today<br><br><br>Play the changes<br>Make the changes<br>Hear the changes<br>To see which way the wind blows today<br><br>Old friend Dave with the silver spoon<br>Says why don`t you play those good old tunes<br>Give it up now you could fill the room<br>I say there`s nothing like a good Trane tune<br>Changes<br>These things called changes<br>Where do we go from here?