Straight to the top
 How could you ever lose
 Guess you must have had it all
 To be a star on the jazz scene
 Try to keep it clean
 They came to see you
 Managers came too
 Play ballads that will live forever
 Taking what you get
 It wasn't what it should have been
 So you call on blue
 And the memories seem to be so far away
 Or so they say
 
 Down on your luck
 You picked it up again to rise up above them all
 In Europe there was an uproar
 Knocked you down once more
 Look up the door
 Never give in and play
 With all the life that is around you
 That's what I hear you say
 You know that I'm with you Chet
 That's right I am with you here today
 
 Have you met Chet?
 And had some time to spare
 To kick back a notch or two
 It's like a ride in a big car
 Chet, you went so far they're following you
 The style with which you blew
 Time has a way of drifting by us
 Feeling what you gave
 It melts away the blues in me
 So those days are gone
 But the melodies that you played will carry on
 An endless song
 
 Sad in a way
 You know the way it goes
 The music keeps moving on
 As if each set was the last one
 Place your horn once more
 One, two, three, four
 Never give in and play
 With all the life that is around you
 That's what I hear you say
 You know that I'm with you Chet
 That's right I am with you here today