Sing A Study In Brown - Manhattan Transfer with Phil Collins

Written by：Larry Clinton

Picture this rhythm n' happiness

Souls in bliss 'n havin' fun

If you can't there's nothin' to it

I'm thinkin' I have t' paint you one

I'm gonna paint a sepia panorama

So full of life the painting will come alive

Bathed in blues 'n full of drama

An' all the swing they needed so they'd survive

Such soul so full of rhythm

My goal is to be with 'em

What swing What syncopation

That thing captured a nation

Get down with me

You'll dig my 'Study In Brown'

Get down with me

Tell about it all over town

Get down with me

Dig how I'm paintin' the town

An' there you'll have a 'Study In Brown'

Well git brown

Oh yeah brown is the pigment

Well git down

Oh yeah that's what cha' really meant clown

Oh yeah that's some study

We're puttin' down 'A Study In Brown'

Git brown

Oh yeah brown is the pigment

N' git down

Oh yeah that's what cha' really meant

Clown

Oh yeah that's some study

Dig what I mean

It's in the scene

What cha' talkin' 'bout

That's my scene rhythm n'dancin'

You can add real romancin'

Yep

I'll come clean

That's the way I like it

Y' start real thin then put some color in

Fuschia hues blended with subtones

Spread them blues blarin' trombones

Yep

Paint that scene

Just the way I like it

A dab or two that's how to do it

Y' talkin' loud hope people hear y'

Hey dad Mama's gonna git 'cha

Soon as you git home

That's the ticket

But where'd y' fin' th' wicket

I'm gonna paint a sepia panorama

So full of life the painting will come alive

Bathed in blues 'n full of drama

An' all the swing they needed so they'd survive

Such soul

So full of rhythm

My goal is to be with 'em

What swing What syncopation

That thing captured a nation

Get down with me

You'll dig my study in brown

Get down with me

Tell about it all over town

Get down with me

Dig how I'm paintin' the town

A 'Study In Brown'

Well git brown

Well git down

Oh yeah that's what cha' really meant clown

Oh yeah that's some study

That's why we're callin' it 'A Study In Brown'