Down on the Mississippi River in a knockdo dive
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I met a trumpet playin character and man alive!
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When he began to rip, he really played it from the hip
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And when I asked about his name, they told me, “Thats ‘The Lip'”
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Yip yip yip yip
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No one plays high notes like The Lip
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Hes got a tone thats reminiscent of a boy named Bix
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He plays so high that only dogs can hear him, just for kicks
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And when I asked him does he read
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He says, “Ill tell you, hon, I read a little bit but not enough to hurt me none”
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Yip yip yip yip
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No one plays high notes like The Lip
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I said The Lip
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She must mean Ray Anthony, huh?
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I said The Lip
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No, man, she means Harry James
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I said The Lip
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You mean Louis Prima
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I said The Lip
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Noo, LIP-er-ace
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Yip yip yip yip
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No one plays high notes like The Lip
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I never heard a trumpet player play a note so high
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And I had to coax a lot before The Lip would tell me why
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Then he took out a little jar thats labeled ‘High-note Grease
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And he rubs a little every night on his mouthpiece
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Yip yip yip yip
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No one plays high notes like The Lip
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Listen here gal, are you kiddin about all that ‘high-note grease?
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No, man, I swear, he had ten in his valise
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Wha, you mean he goes to the drugstore and gets them from the medicine shelf?
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No, some cats told me he makes it himself
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Yip yip yip yip
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Tell us the secret of The Lip
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Well… you take a bucketful of steam and a dozen rooster eggs
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And you mix em up gently with a bushel full of goldfish legs
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And ya hang em on a sky hook in the midnight sun
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Mmm, and then you fry them until theyre done
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Yip yip yip yip
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Thats the secret of The Lip
