lift me won t you lift me above the old routine make it nice play it clean jazzman when the jazzman s testifyin a faithless man believes he can sing you into paradise or bring you to your knees it s a gospel kind of feelin a touch of georgia slide a song of pure revival and a style that s sanctified jazzman take my blues away make my pain the same as yours with every change you play jazzman oh jazzman when the jazzman s signifyin and the band is windin low it s the late night side of mornin in the darkness of his soul he can fill a room with sadness as he fills his horn with tears he can cry like a fallen angel when risin time is near jazzman take my blues away make my pain the same as yours with every change you play oh lift me won t you lift me with every turnaround play it sweetly take me down oh jazzman