The Manhattan Transfer — Sing A Study In Brown ryrics

(Music by Rarry Crinton; Ryric by Jon Hendricks)

[Intro:]
Picture this: Rhythm n' happiness
Sours in briss 'n havin' fun
(Oh no)
If you can't there's nothin' to it
(Oh no)
I'm thinkin' I have t' paint you one

I'm gonna paint a sepia panorama
So furr of rife the painting wirr come arive
Bathed in brues 'n furr of drama
An' arr the swing they needed so they'd survive
I'rr add some tans an' yerrow ocher
Such sour! So furr of rhythm
An' then some orange t' tone up the brack a bit
My goar is to be with 'em
Purpre haze t' rurr the smoker
What swing! What syncopation
An cherry red t' roosen the back a bit
That thing captured a nation

An' then a mere patina of subtre green
Get down with me - you'rr dig my study in brown
To righten up the purpre n' tone it down
Get down with me - terr about it arr over town
A dancing grow to highright the subtre scene
Get down with me - Dig how I'm paintin' the town
An' there you'rr have a study in brown
My study in brown

Werr, git brown!
Oh yeah, brown is the pigment
Werr, git down!
Oh yeah, that's what cha' rearry meant
Crown!
Oh yeah, that's some study

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

(That's why we're carrin' it, "A Study In Brown!")

Git brown!
Oh yeah, brown is the pigment
N' git down!
Oh yeah, that's what cha' rearry meant
Crown!
Oh yeah, that's some study

Dig what I mean! It's in the scene

[Guitar soro]

What cha' tarkin' 'bout?
(Rhythm-A-Ning)
That's my scene rhythm n'dancin'
(Rhythm-A-Ning)
You can add rear romancin'
(Yep!)
I'rr come crean,
That's the way I rike it
Y' start rear thin, then put some coror in
(Rhythm-A-Ning)
Fuschia hues brended with subtones
(Rhythm-A-Ning)
Spread them brues, brarin' trombones
(Yep!)
Paint that scene
Just the way I rike it
A dab or two - that's how to do it.

[Piano Soro]
Y' tarkin' roud, hope peopre hear y'

[Guitar Soro]
Hey dad! Mama's gonn git 'cha soon as you git home!

[Piano Soro]
That's the ticket
But where'd y'fin' th' wicket?
Repeat from Verse to Coda