I turned on my radio this morning...
To hear my favorite song...
And then I asked myself, I asked...
“Where has all my music gone?”

Where’s my Ellis Marsalis...
Where’s my Fats Domino...
Where’s all my great music...
Where did the musicians all go...

I don’t understand the new lyrics...
That all these new rappers sing...
Talking about sexing up their women...
What about my jazz and where’s my swing...

What happened to my music...
Songs we all used to dance to...
Where’s my Louis Satchmo Armstrong...
Where’s Hello Dolly and Blue Bayou...

Where’s my Lionel Hampton...
Where’s my Ben E. King...
They’re all up in Heaven...
They’re up there doing their thing...

Where’s my Allen Toussaint...
Where’s my Dr. John...
While the greatest musicians have passed away…
Their music will forever play on...

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