40
Guess what ! summer’s arrived i feel the world’s on my side
2b
The brooklyn bridge stretches below me
29
A billion souls all dying to know me
29
Well here i am ! loaded with promise
1b
And knee deep in grace
27
What i want is here on my face and
2b
I feel like i own the whole damn place
5
3f
Hey manhattan ! here i am ! call me star-struck uncle sam.
1b
Strolling fifth avenue
2c
— just to think sinatra’s been here too
37
These myths we can’t undo they lie in wait for you
24
We live them till they’re true,
34
Manhattan doobie doo. hey manhattan doobie doo.
5
4f
Someday’s you’ve got to get outside — look there’s «the carlyle»
2b
That’s the place where kennedy stayed,
26
And where were you when he died ?
29
(yeah some things are slow to fade.)
2a
There they were — loaded with promise
3e
Knee deep in fate — when what you want shows on your face
31
All that’s left litters the whole damn place
5
3c
Hey manhattan ! here i am ! call it bad luck uncle sam.
1c
Scrounging fifth avenue
31
— just to think the poor could live here too
39
But what are they to do ? these myths belong to you,
24
We live them till they’re true,
33
Manhattan doobie doo. hey manhattan doobie doo
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