Have You Met Chet?

Straight to the top

How could you ever lose?

'Cause you must've had it all

To be a star on the jazz scene

Tried to keep it clean

They came to see you, managers came too

Play ballads that will live forever

Taking what you get, it wasn't what it should have been

So you call on blue

And the memories seem to be so far away, or so they say

Down on your luck

You picked it up again to rise up above them all

In Europe, there was an uproar

Knocked you down once more

Look at the door, never give in and play

With all the life that is around you

That's what I hear you say

You know that I'm with you, Chet

That's right, I am with you here today

Have you met Chet?

And had the time to spare to kick back a notch or two

It's like a ride in a big car

Chet, you went so far, they're following you

The style with which you blew

Time has a way of drifting by us

Feeling what you gave, it melts away the blues in me

So those days are gone

But the melodies that you played will carry on, an endless song

Sad in a way

You knew the way it goes, the music keeps moving on

As if each set was the last one

Plays your horn once more, one, two, three, four

Never give in and play

With all the life that is around you

That's what I hear you say

You know that I'm with you, Chet

That's right, I am with you here today

Today

I am with you here today