TEN FEET OFF THE GROUND
From the Walt Disney Film "The One And Only,
Genuine, Original Family Band" (1968)
(Richard M. Sherman / Robert B. Sherman)

Buddy Ebsen, Leslie Ann Warren, Janet Blair (Film Soundtrack) - 1968
Louis Armstrong - 1968
Michael Feinstein - 1992
4 Friends - 2002


Who invented music?
I'd like to shake his hand
'Cause music casts a spell
That I can understand
That must be some magician
Designed a magic plan
He changed his wand to a baton
And that's how it all began

When the rhythm bounds and the harmony sounds
And the melody rolls around
Presto! Change-O!
You're ten feet off the ground
When the rhythm bounds and the harmony sounds
And the melody rolls around
Right then in harmony we can be found
Ten feet off the ground

When everybody puts his heart in it
Everybody plays a part in it
That's how music magic is made
Everybody's toes are tappier
Everybody's feeling happier
Lighter than air
Out of this chair
Ten feet off the ground

(Instrumental Break)

Yes, everybody puts his heart in it
Everybody plays a part in it
That's how music magic is made
Everybody's toes are tappier
Everybody's feeling happier
Lighter than air
Out of this chair
Loping along on a magical sound
Out of this world and upward bound
Ten feet of the ground
Oh, Yeah!


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - April 2005)