If I wrote history

And could pocket a moment for me

It would be

Singing with the big bands

I would turn back the clock

For the time we'll be in for a shock

Hearing me singing with the big bands

If I had me a genie inside Aladdin's lamp

I'd tell him do your thing

And like that I would be

At the Paramount in '43

And I sing

Ringing in the good times

Swinging with the big boys

Singing with the big bands

Singing with the big bands

If I had me a genie inside Aladdin's lamp

I'd tell him Mr. Genie, go on and do your thing

And like that I would be

At the Paramount in '43

And I sing

Ringing in the good times

Singing with the big boys

Winging it in swing time

Bringing back the big nose

I'm jumping with the duke

Stopping with the king

Cooler than the kid

Swinging everything

I'm singing with the big bands