Duke Ellington - Things Ain't What They Used to Be lyrics

This is the G. I. Jive Man alive It starts with the bugler blowin' reveille over your bed when you arrive Jack, that's the G. I. Jive Roodley-toot Jump in your suit Make a salute Boot After you wash and dress More or less You go get your breakfast in a beautiful little caf?they call "The Mess" Jack, when you convalesce Outta your seat Into the street Make with the feet Reet If you're a P-V-T, your duty Is to salute to L-I-E-you-T But if you brush the L-I-E-you-T The M-P makes you K-P on the Q-T This is the G. I. Jive Man alive They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive" Jack, after you revive Chuck all your junk Back in the trunk Fall on your bunk Clunk This is the G. I. Jive Man alive They give you a private tank that features a little device called "fluid drive" Jack, if you still survive Chuck all your junk Back in the trunk Fall on your bunk Clunk