New York

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VERSE 1:         in new york 
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freedom looks like    too many 
choices
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                 in new york i 
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found a friend
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                to drown out the 
other voices
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                voices on the cell 
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phone voices from home
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                voices through the 
hard sell
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                voices down a 
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stairwell in new york
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                 just got a place 
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in new york


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VERSE 2:         in new york 
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summers get hot
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                well into the 
hundreds
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                 you can't walk 
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around the block
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                without a change of 
clothing
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                hot as a hair dryer
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 in your face
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                hot as a handbag 
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and a can of mace in new york
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                i just got a place 
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in new york
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                new york (new 
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york) new york


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VERSE 3:         in new york you 
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can forget
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                forget how to sit 
still
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                 tell yourself you
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 will stay in
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                but it's down to 
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alphaville


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CHORUS 1:       new york     new 
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york, new york
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                new york, new york
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                new york, a-ooo
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VERSE 4:         the irish 'been 
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coming here for years
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                feel like they own 
the place
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                 they got the 
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airport, city hall, asphalt, dance 
floor
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                they even got the 
police
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                irish, italians, 
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jews and hispanics
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                religious nuts, 
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political fanatics in the stew
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                (living) happily 
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not like me and you
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                that's where i lost 
you


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CHORUS 2:       in new york   new 
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york, new york
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                in new york   new 
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york, new york
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                new york, 
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a-ooo-oo-oo-ooo
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                new york, a-ooo  
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-  ooo - ooo-oo-ooo


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VERSE 5:         in new york i 
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lost it all to  you and your vices
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                 still i'm staying
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 on to figure out my mid-life crisis
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                 i hit an iceberg 
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in my life, you know i'm still 
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afloat
                you lose your 
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balance, lose your wife
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                in the queue for the
 lifeboat
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                you've got to put 
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the women and children first
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                but you've got an 
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unquenchable thirst for


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CHORUS 3:       new york        
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new york
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                new york        
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new york, new york


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VERSE 6:        in the stillness of
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 the evening
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                when the sun has 
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had its day
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                i heard your voice 
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a-whispering
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                come away now


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CHORUS 4:       new    new york, 
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new-ooo-ooo
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                new      york, 
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a-ooo-o-o-ooo