Ten Feet Off The Ground is the fourth song of the 1968 Disney film, The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band written by the Academy-Award winning songwriting team of the Sherman Brothers and sung by the Bower family.
Synopsis[]
Ecstatic at the prospect of performing at the National Convention, the family band engages in an impromptu celebration. They sing about the feeling which only music can bestow, figuratively lifting them "ten feet off the ground".
Lyrics[]
Calvin:
Who invented music?
We'd like to shake his hand
'Cause music casts a spell on us
That we can't understand
Must be some magician
Designed the magic plan
He changed his wand to a baton
And that's how it all began
When the rhythm pounds
And the harmony sounds
And the melody rolls around
Mayo (spoken):
Presto chango!
Calvin:
We're ten feet off the ground
Calvin and Alice:
And when the rhythm pounds
And the harmony sounds
And the melody rolls around
Right from the down beat,
We can be found
Ten feet off the ground
Katie:
When everybody puts his heart in it
Everybody plays a part in it
Calvin and Laura:
That's how music magic is made
Katie:
Everybody's toes get tappier
Everybody's feelin' happier
All:
Lighter than air
Out of his chair
Ten feet off the ground
When the rhythm pounds
And the harmony sounds
And the melody rolls around
Sidney (spoken):
Presto chango!
All:
He's ten feet off the ground!
Who invented music?
We'd like to shake his hand
That's how music magic is made
Ohhhhhhhh!
Ten feet off the ground!
(Softly) That's how music magic is made
La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Lighter than air
Out of his chair
Ten feet off the ground
Ohhhhhhhhhhh
Right from the down beat, we can be found
Floating along on a musical sound
Out of this world and upward bound
Ten fee----eeet
Everybody puts his heart in it
Everybody plays a part in it
That's how music magic is made
Everybody's toes get tappier
Everybody's feeling happier
Lighter than air
Out of his chair
Ten feet off the ground
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