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