Bankhead

Lyrics

[Intro - 10 second instrumental, no vocals: a cash register ka-ching, a drawer slamming, a beat building]

[Verse 1]
End of the green line, the far west side,
where Proctor Creek runs and the rhythm won't hide;
they named it Bankhead but they made it a beat,
turned a hard-luck word into dancing feet.

[Verse 2]
The Bankhead Bounce came up out of here,
a whole city moving, year after year;
now the cranes are rising where the old courts stood,
but the west side keeps the time like it always would.

[Chorus]
Bankhead, Bankhead, ring the register loud,
cash it in for a beat and a crowd;
the end of the line is where the dance begins,
ka-ching, ka-ching, let the west side win.

[Outro - instrumental, no vocals: the register and the beat ringing out, then a final ka-ching]