It Only Fits One Way
The first take runs bright and fast with a dixieland edge; this one slows into a bluesier, sax-heavy swing.
The stories behind It Only Fits One Way
- Liner Notes: The Brass Behind "It Only Fits One Way" — The first take runs bright and fast with a dixieland edge; this one slows into a bluesier, sax-heavy swing.
- "It Only Fits One Way" Is a Big Band Number About a Redesigned Tube — The swing tune celebrates a real engineering fix: tubing connectors reshaped so a feeding line and an IV line can no longer be plugged into each other by accident.
Lyrics
Listen close, I got a story about a tube and a plug
It only fits one way, no matter how you tug
Used to be a tube could plug in the wrong port
Feeding line, ivy line, cross, that's the sort of slip
That kept the safety folks up half the night
So they built one plug that only fits just right
It only fits one way, one way to more mix
On a busy day
Shake the plug so the wrong can't slide
One way in And the right stays inside
Now half the hospital's already made the swap
The other half's still waitin' on a drop
If your ward's still runnin' the old style line
Get in that queue, honey, it's about time
It only fits one way, one way
No more mix -up on a busy day
Shape the plug so the wrong can't slide
One way in and the ride stays inside
Used to need a chop to trace the line
Now the shape does the thinking, ain't that fine
No clipboard, no guessing, no crossed up holes
A plug so clever, even the horn section knows
It only fits one way, one way
No more mix -up on a busy day
Shake the plug so the wrong can't slide
One way in and the right stays inside
It only fits one way, hooray
Swing it on out and start your day
