we used to dance to harlem nocturne we were a rhapsody at midnight and when we kissed it was a slow burn and we knew just the way to make it whiskey on the rocks whispers in the dark listnin to the blues lovinbirdland and you you used to say i was your tony just like the boy in west side story you said i was your one and only and love was there for us to take it whiskey on the rocks coltrane in the dark swaying to the blues lovinbirdland and you love that took my breath away a perfect birdland fantasy never dreamed you d fly away from me and leave me cryin at birdland sometimes i drive back to the city across the bridge the skyline calls me and i get caught up in those memories and even now it s hard to shake it cant believe its through im living with the blues hell what else can i do im still lovin birdland and you