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News Of The World


News Of The World
Composer(s): Bruce Foxton
Performer(s): The Jam



Power! Pop!
Read about the things that happen throughout the world
Don't believe in everything you see or hear
The neighbours talk day in day out about the goings on
They tell us what they want, they don't give an inch
Look at the pictures taken by the camera - they cannot lie
The truth is in what you see not what you read
Little men tapping things out - points of view
Remember their views are not the gospel truth
Each morning our piece of the world comes through the door
More often it's just a comic, not much more
Don't take it too serious - not many do
Read between the lines and you'll find the truth
Don't believe it all - a' find out for yourself
Check before you spread
News of the world, news of the world
Never doubt, never ask
Never moan, never search
Never find, never know
The news of the world, news of the world
Read all about it, read all about it - news of the world

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Io Non Volevo


Io Non Volevo
Performer(s): Mina & Adriano Celentano



Lui:
Inciampavi sempre e mi cascavi addosso
e intanto che io ti tiravo su
casualmente la tua mano andava giù I
ad appoggiarsi dove non si può
e poi guardandomi fissa dentro gli occhi
con una gran faccia tosta mi dicevi
io non volevo mi scusi non volevo
io non volevo mi scusi non volevo

Lei:
Mi sembra di capire che il trauma l' hai
superato I a distanza di pochi mesi
vedo che I che con la scusa di
prendermi e tirarmi su
sento il calore di
una mano che I sta lentamente
scendendo lungo il seno I e mentre
seguiti a scendere mi guardi
mi guardi
e stupidamente poi mi dici: I io non
volevo mi scusi non volevo
dolcemente tu lo fai I anche se io non vorrei
ma senza dite I io mi perderei I mi perderei

Lui:
Quel gesto - lei si muove già
che fai - lei si muove già
voltata - e di spalle poi
di spalle - lei si appoggia a lui
vestita - col suo vestito che
di nudo - leggero sfiora il suo corpo
leggera - e si sbottona un po'
leggera - e si sbottona un po'

Lei:
mi piace - lui si perde
baciami - suoi seni palpitanti
sentirmi - e nelle profonde oscurità del suo corpo
toccare - si danno
le mani tue sopra la mia pelle
mi danno - sente un brivido lei
un brivido sente - un dolce brivido lei
- un brivido lei
un brivido - ardon di febbre gli occhi suoi
- un brivido mentre in vento
- li accarezzerà

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News From Up The Street


News From Up The Street
Composer(s): Dan Hicks
Performer(s): Dan Hicks



ride your pony and
take a letter to
someone waitin to hear from
ride your pony and
take my letter you
know I'm waitin to get some

(chorus)

News from up the street,
she's people I'd like to meet
News from up the street,
she's people I'd like to meet
she's people I'd like to meet

one in particular must
get my letter so
she'll know that I live here
and read those words that were
written from my heart
if only I could hear some

(repeat chorus)

If only you'd deliver it
the letter I write
If only you'd deliver it
the letter I write
If only you'd deliver it
the letter I deliver it
the letter I deliver it
the letter I write

(instrumental break)

there's a girl Ive just
got to hear from
I wrote her a letter
and when she gets it I
know she'll answer it
I'll be feelin' much better

and when she gets it I
know she'll answer it
that's the way that I wrote it
so ride your pony and
take my letter here
I'll be lookin' and hopin' for

(repeat chorus)

If only you'd deliver it
the letter I deliver it
the letter I deliver it
the letter I write
the letter I write
the letter I write

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Io Me Ne Andrei


Io Me Ne Andrei
Composer(s): Claudio Baglioni; Antonio Coggio
Performer(s): Claudio Baglioni



Dai rifai quel letto su stai sempre a dormire tu!
Noi non ci prendiamo più per niente...
io a volte...ho fame, sai...
dio! che rabbia che mi fai...
tu prima l'amore e poi dormire.
E stiamo qui in questa stanza in affitto
un letto un bagno una cucina.
Incomprensione torto o ragione malinconia...
la sera e la mattina
e stiamo qui oggi come ieri chi dice no chi dice sì
Mio dio però voglio uscirne fuori
ma tanto so che non potrei
lasciare lei... lasciare lei... lasciare lei...
Io me ne andrei (riproviamo un'altra volta
non è detto e poi...non si sa mai)
io me ne andrei via (cominciamo dal principio
tutto quanto vuoi?!...)
Io me ne andrei (mi dai una mano?...)
a cercare lontano (non ci vuole poi tanto)
una casa nel vento (per ricominciare)
e poi volare in alto dove tu non sei (son sicuro che ce la farai...)
Io me ne andrei
lo faccio sai... lo faccio sai... e poi
ma tu che vuoi dicendo..."e noi..."
che importa... noi...
io qui...tu la bicchieri vuoti
vestiti cicche sopra il pavimento...
che confusione! maledizione!
che giorno e'...? devo aver perso il conto...
io qui...tu là a guardare il soffitto
come si può...come si fa...
dio mio però come sono ridotto
io non lo so che ho fatto mai!!
Ho paura sai...ho paura sai...ho paura sai
Io me ne andrei (riproviamo un'altra volta
non e' detto e poi...non si sa mai)
Io me ne andrei via. (cominciamo dal principio
tutto quanto vuoi?!...)
Io me ne andrei (mi dai una mano?...)
a cercare lontano (non ci vuole poi tanto)
una casa nel vento (per ricominciare)
e poi volare in alto dove tu non sei
(la parola "fine" non esiste mai).
Io me ne andrei lo faccio lo sai...lo faccio lo sai
e poi...vedrai ma tu...che vuoi!!...
dicendo... "e noi... " che importa... noi..
io no, non parlo più...
tu resta a dormire, tu
io, io sto affondando giù...da solo

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New York's Not My Home


New York's Not My Home
Composer(s): Jim Croce
Performer(s): Jim Croce; Ronna Reeves



Well things were spinnin' round me
And all my thoughts were cloudy
And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me
Been in so many places
You know I've run so many races
And looked into the empty faces of the people of the night
And something is just not right ... 'cause I know

Chorus:

That I gotta get out of here
I'm so alone
Don't you know that I gotta get out of here
Cause New York's not my home

Though all the streets are crowded
There's something strange about it
Lived there 'bout a year and I never once felt at home
I though I'd make the big time
I learned a lot of lessons awful quick
And now I'm tellin' you
That they were not the nice kind
And it's been so long since I have felt fine ... that's the reason

(Repeat Chorus)

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Io Fantasmo


Io Fantasmo
(English & French Versions: Daydreaming; Je Fantasme)
Composer(s): Raggi; Charles Aznavour; Georges Garvarentz
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Nella musica in cui vivrà
L'effetto di sensualità
Il voyeurismo istintuale
Ha serietà preferenziale
Perché il potere sensitivo
A monte e a valle è sempre vivo
E una carezza erogenante
Sblocca il rapporto più alienante
Io fantasmo
Nevroticamente eroticamente
Io fantasmo
Traumaticamente ed ormonalmente
Io fantasmo
Schizofrenicamente
Lo psicodramma arriverà
E fallocratico sarà
Con tracce sadomasochiste
E le libido corrisposte
Gli spasmi massimalizzati
Han gli specifici frenati
Nella dialettica coitale
Che presuppone un io verbale
Io fantasmo

Ma questa razionalità
Ritrova concettualità
In linea con il sostituto
Rispetto al dato vissuto
Per cui l'ipotesi primaria
Ha un ruolo troppo secondario
L'inconscio assume il motivante
Ma paranoico e frustrante
Io ti amo
Fanaticamente emozionalmente
Io ti amo
Romanticamente ossessionalmente
Io ti amo
Liberatoriamente
Io fantasmo
Romanticamente ossessionalmente
Io ti amo
Traumaticamente ed emozionalmente
Io fantasmo
Liberatoriamente
Io ti amo
Traumaticamente ed ormonalmente
Io ti amo
Romaticamente ossessionalmente
Io ti amo
Schizofrenicamente

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New York's A Lonely Town


New York's A Lonely Town
Composer(s): Pete Andreoli; Vince Poncia
Performer(s): The Trade Winds; Bobby Sutliff



ooh, ooh, ooh, ahh, ahh, ahh

My folks moved to New York from California
I should have listened when my buddy said "I warn ya" (warn ya)
"There'll be no surfin' there and no one even ca-a-ares"

(My woody's outside) covered with snow
(Nowhere to go now)
New York's a lonely town
When you're the only surfer boy around

From Central Park to Pasadena's such a long way
I feel so out of it walkin' down Broadway (Broadway)
I feel so bad each time I look out there and fi-i-ind

(My woody's outside) covered with snow
(Nowhere to go now)
New York's a lonely town
When you're the only surfer boy around

ooh, ooh, ooh, ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh

I feel so bad each time I look out there and fi-i-ind

(My woody's outside) covered with snow
(Nowhere to go now)
New York's a lonely town
When you're the only surfer boy around

ooh, ooh, ooh, ahh, ahh, ahh
ooh, ooh, ooh

Fade

ahh, ahh

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Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)


Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te)
Composer(s): Vito Pallavicini; Pino Donaggio
First performance: Pino Donaggio - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists

Titles In Other Languages:
1965 - Jamais Je Ne Vivrai Sans Toi
1966 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me
1985 - Geloof Me
1993 - Je T'ai Tout Donné



Siamo qui noi soli
Come ogni sera
Ma tu sei più triste
E io lo sò perchè

So che tu vuoi dirmi
Che non sei felice
Che io sto cambiando
E tu mi vuoi laciare

Io che non vivo più di un'ora senza te
Come posso stare una vita senza te
Sei mia,s ei mia, mai niente lo sai
Separarci un giorno potrai

Vieni qui ascoltami
Che io ti voglio bene
Te ne prego fermati
Ancora insieme a me

Io che non vivo più di un'ora senza te
Come posso stare una vita senza te
Sei mia, sei mia,s ei mia

Io che non vivo più di un'ora senza te
Come posso stare una vita senza te
Sei mia, sei mia, sei mia

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Can I Put You On


Can I Put You On Composer(s): Elton John - Bernie Taupin Performer(s): Elton John



I work for the foundry for a penny and a half a day
Like a blind street musician I never see those who pay
It's dirty work in Birmingham
Better deal for a Sheffield man
If he can rivet then his kids can buy
Candy from the candy man

And the van that comes around weekends
Selling fancy city things
Sold by the man with the trilby hat
And the whiskers spread like wings
You can hear him sing
Oh you can hear him sing
Can I put you on, people can I put you on
Tell you that I love you people
Sing a salesman's song and put you on

And a second cousin works in the pits in Newcastle on Tyne
And he don't care if it rains outside, there's coal dust on his mind
It's dirty work in Manchester
But the crew gets paid its gelt
Bang on the bell on Friday
You buys a little something for yourself

And the van that comes around weekends
Selling fancy city things
Sold by the man in the trilby hat
And the whiskers spread like wings
You can hear him sing
Oh you can hear him sing
Can I put you on, people can I put you on
Tell you that I love you people
Sing a salesman's song and put you on

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New York, New York (Gerard Kenny)


New York, New York
Composer(s): Gerard W. Kenny
Performer(s): Gerard Kenny; Shirley Bassey



I was eating a gyro sandwich walking down Eighth Avenue
When a young girl came up to me and said
"Brother, you got something I can chew?"
Well I kept walking along trying to make up a song about what to do
Telling how the city lights and the Broadway nights are like a dream come true
Good old...

Chorus:
New York, New York, so good they named it twice
New York, New York, all the scandal and the vice, I love it!
New York, New York, now isn't it a pity .........
What they say about New York City

It was a really nice night for a good street fight or a robbery
But I always knew in my home town that would never happen to me
I kept walking around trying to make up a sound 'bout what it's like to be
In the city of light on a rag time night, it's something more than free
In good old...

New York, New York, so good they named it twice
New York, New York, all the scandal and the vice, I love it!
New York, New York, now isn't it a pity .........
What they say about New York City

Every time I have to leave and travel far away
I am never ever happy 'til I'm home to stay
Home to stay in New York

(Piano Solo)

New York, New York, so good they named it twice
New York, New York,all the scandal and the vice, I love it!
New York, New York, now isn't it a pity.........
What they say about New York City

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Geloof Me


Geloof Me (Adapted from: Io Che Non Vivo (Senza Te) - 1965) Composer(s): Vito Pallavicini; Pino Donaggio; André Hazes Performer(s): André Hazes - 1985 Titles In Other Languages: 1965 - Jamais Je Ne Vivrai Sans Toi 1966 - You Don't Have To Say You Love Me 1993 - Je T'ai Tout Donné



Alles ging zo snel voorbij even had ik jou bij mij 't ging zo snel ik kreeg geen tijd om te vragen oh blijf bij mij Jij bent weg 't is weer stil om me heen 't wordt even wennen want ik ben weer alleen toch vergeet ik jou nooit meer nee ik denk telkens weer Jij had mij niet moeten dat je van me houdt dan had ik nu kunnen zeggen ga het laat me koud geloof me geloof me te snel ging dit voorbij al kwam je maar om te zeggen ik blijf vrij Oh ik hoop dat jij eens belt en je mij dan eerlijk vertelt waarom jij bent weggegaan want dan weet ik wat ik heb gedaan Jij had mij niet moeten zeggen dat je van me houdt dan had ik nu kunnen zeggen ga het laat me koud geloof me geloof me jij had mij niet moeten zeggen dat je van me houdt dan had ik nu kunnen zeggen ga het laat me koud geloof me geloof me geloof me

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New York, New York (On The Town)


New York, New York
Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein; Betty Comden; Adolph Green



Ozzie:
Come on, Gabey, hurry up!

Chip:
Twenty-four hours!

Sailor:
Hey, why don't ya look where you're goin'.
You'd think it was your first time in New York!

Gabey:
It is!

(The sailors look around them, happily absorbing the scene)

Gabey, Chip, Ozzie:
New York, New York!
It's a helluva town!

Gabey:
We've got one day here and not another minute
To see the famous sights!

Ozzie:
We'll find the romance and danger waiting in it
Beneath the Broadway lights;
But we've hair on our chests
So what we like the best are the nights
Sights! Lights! Nights!

Gabey, Chip, Ozzie:
New York, New York, a helluva town
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the groun'
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!

Chip:
(points to Empire State Building)
Hey, Gabey! Gabey, look

(consulting his guidebook with reverence and excitement)

Gabey, it says here "There are 20,000 streets in New York
not counting MacDougal Alley the heart of Green-Witch Village
a charming thoroughfare filled with..."

Ozzie:
Here we go again!

Chip:
The famous places to visit are so many
Or so the guidebooks say
I promised Daddy I wouldn't miss on any
And we have just one day
Got to see the whole town
From Yonkers on down to the Bay

Gabey, Chip, Ozzie:
In just one day!

New York, New York, a visitor's place
Where no one lives on account of the pace
But seven millions are screaming for space
New York, New York, it's a visitor's place!

(Two sailors enter, weaving and weary-looking
one happy, one very glum)

Gabey:
Hey! Look who's comin' back!
It's Tom and Andy!

Ozzie:
Hey, Tom, Andy!
Hey, fellas, how are the New York dames?

Andy:
Wonderful - I don't remember a thing!

Tom:
Awful! I remember everything!

(Tom and Andy exit)

Ozzie:

Manhattan women are dressed in silk and satin
Or so the fellas say
There's just one thing that's important in Manhattan
When you have just one day
Gotta pick up a date...

Chip:
Maybe seven...

Ozzie:
Or eight
On your way

Gabey, Chip, Ozzie:
In just one day!

New York, New York, a helluva town
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the groun'
New York, New York, it's a helluva town!!

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Io Canto


Io Canto
Composer(s): Riccardo Cocciante; Marco Luberti
First release by: Riccardo Cocciante - 1979



La nebbia che si posa la mattina
Le pietre di un sentiero di collina
Il falco che s'innalzerà
Il primo raggio che verrà
La neve che si scioglierà correndo al mare
L'impronta di una testa sul cuscino
I passi lenti e incerti di un bambino
Lo sguardo di serenità
La mano che si tenderà
La gioia di chi aspetterà
Per questo e quello che verrà
Io canto
Le mani in tasca canto
La voce in festa canto
La banda in testa canto
Corro nel vento e canto
La vita intera canto
La primavera canto
La mia preghiera canto
Per chi mi ascolterà
Voglio cantare sempre cantare
L'odore del caffè nella cucina
La casa tutta piena di mattina
E l'ascensore che non va
L'amore per la mia città
La gente che sorriderà lungo la strada
I rami che si intrecciano nel cielo
Un vecchio che cammina tutto solo
L'estate che poi passerà
Il grano che maturerà
La mano che lo coglierà
Per questo e quello che sarà
Io canto
Le mani in tasca canto
La voce in festa canto
La banda in testa canto
Corro nel vento e canto
La vita intera canto
La primavera canto
La mia preghiera canto
Per chi mi ascolterà
Voglio cantare sempre cantare
Io canto
Le mani in tasca canto
La voce in festa canto
La banda in testa canto
Corro nel vento e canto
La vita intera canto

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New York, New York (Nina Hagen)


New York, New York
Composer(s): Nina Hagen; Karl Rucker; Steve Schiff
Performer(s): Nina Hagen



New York City is the hottest place
For a honeymoon in a hotel room
New York City is my favorite place
'Cause I know so many people with a golden face
Uh-huh!
It's always late at night when I wanna go out
And New York City has for sure the horniest crowd
Especially for me, this is true
I have the best time when you're there too
Honey, after the show, when we are ready to go
We are going disco
But before we hit East 7th Street
We are going to another disco
Disco after disco
And shaking our hair to the disco rap
AM/PM, Pyramid, Roxy, Mudd Club, Danceteria
The newest club is opening up (3x)

New York, New York (4x)
Yeaaaahhhhhh!

New York City is the hottest place
For a honeymoon in a hotel room
Uh-huh!
New York City is a place so nice
Everybody says it so they had to name it twice
New York my happy love's you, I love you very much
I could not live without you, so let's always keep in touch
New York City has the fanciest rule
When you want to live in this town you just have to be a fool

After the show when we are ready to go
We are going disco
But before we hit East 7th Street
We are going to another disco
Disco, after disco
And shaking our hair to the disco rap
AM/PM, Pyramid, Roxy, Mudd Club, Danceteria
The newest club is opening up (3x)

New York, New York (8x)
Yeah

It's going hop hop hop hop hop hop
Straight up to the top
Hop hop hop hop hop hop
Straight up to the top
Let there be light
'Cause David Bowie's gonna be here tonight in New York
I create ecstacy in my world
I know who I am
And I am willing to declare myself to the world
I am a staaaaaaarrrrrrr!
In New York
Whosoever with me...

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Io Camminerò


Io Camminerò
Composer(s): Giancarlo Bigazzi; Umberto Tozzi
Performer(s): Umberto Tozzi



La mia donna, la sua allegria
che mi riscalderà col fuoco di un'idea
uomo solo, uomo a metà
domani nei suoi occhi tutto il resto affogherà
E cascate d'amore noi
le nebbie del passato non ci inquineranno mai
a quest'ora ti sento mia
l'avrai già lasciato con disprezzo e poesia
Bianchi zingari i passi tuoi
nell'anima il silenzio da quanto tempo hai
io d'amore ti vestirò
ma non dovrai tremare dove io ti porterò

Io camminerò, tu mi seguirai
angeli braccati noi
ci sarà un cielo ed io lavorerò, tu mi aspetterai
e una sera impazzirò
quando mi dirai che un figlio avrai, avrò ...

Sciogli i dubbi e i capelli tuoi
perché sei così bella se non sai quello che vuoi
io d'amore ti vestirò
ma non mi domandare dove io ti porterò
Io camminerò, tu mi seguirai
angeli sbagliati noi
ci sarà un cielo ed io lavorerò tu mi aspetterai
e una sera impazzirò
quando mi dirai che un figlio avrai, avrò ...

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New York, New York (Mireille Mathieu)


New York, New York
Composer(s): Fred Ebb; John Kander; Eddy Marnay
Performer(s): Mireille Mathieu



New-York, New York

Ça c'est du nouveau
Je viens d'y penser
Je veux partir à ta conquête New-York New-York
J'ai comme un grand show au bout des souliers
J'ai mis de l'or à mes paillettes New-York New-York
Je me vois reine de ce temple de la musique
J'ai tous les rois de la ville dans le public
Cent mille bravos

Et tous ces bravos croulent de tous côtés
C'est qui claque dans ma tête mon vieux New-York
Et si j'ai su te plaire c'est à la terre entière
Que je plairais New-York New-York

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Invitation To The Blues


Invitation To The Blues
Composer(s): Doris Fisher; Arthur Gershwin; Allan Roberts
Performer(s): Julie London
and multiple other artists



My heart was all dressed up to go dancing
I had a brand new shine on my views
The roses you sent for, the line that I went for
Was just an invitation to the blues

The very thought of love was entrancing
I figured I had nothing to lose
Your smile so elusive, your kiss so exclusive
Was just an invitation to the blues

I went to town, priced a wedding gown
Put my little red book on the shelf
Hired a hall, got the band and all
And marched down the aisle by myself

I guess you can't depend on romancing
It puts your heart right down in your shoes
Instead of a wedding for which I was heading
I got an an invitation to the blues

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New York, New York (Frank Sinatra)


New York, New York
Composer(s): John Kander; Fred Ebb
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra;
and various other artists



Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

These vagabond shoes
They are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York

I want to wake up in a city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

These little town blues
Are melting away
I'm gonna make a brand new start of it
In old New York

If I can make it there
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you
New York, New York

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Invitation (The MGM Studio Orch.)


Invitation
Composer(s): Bronislaw Kaper; Paul Francis Webster
First release by: The MGM Studio Orch. - 1952
Covered by multiple other artists



You and your smile hold a strange invitation
Somehow it seems
We've shed our dream but we're
Time after time in a room full of strangers
Out of the blue, suddenly you were there

Wherever I go you're the glow of temptation,
Glancing my way in the grey of the dawn
And always your smile holds that strange invitation
Then you are gone
Where oh where have you gone

How long must I live in a world of illusion
Be where you are so near yet so far, apart
Hoping you'll say with a sweet invitation
Where have you been, darling come in
Into my heart

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New York, New York (Grandmaster Flash)


New York, New York
Composer(s): E. Fletcher;
Melvin Glover; Reggie Griffin; Sylvia Robinson
Performer(s): Grandmaster Flash



Ah New York New York big city of dreams
And everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around, too much
Ah too many people, too much -- a ha hah
Too much, too many people, too much, rrrrrrrah!

A castle in the sky, one mile high
Built to shelter the rich and greedy
Rows of eyes, disguised as windows
Lookin DOWN on the poor and the needy
Miles of people, marchin up the avenue
Doin what they gotta do, just to get by
I'm livin in the land of plenty and many
But I'm damn sure poor and I don't know why

Too much, ah too many people, too much
Too much, too many people, too much!

A man's on a ledge, says he's gonna jump
People gather round, said, "He won't he's just a chump"
Cause he lost his job, then he got robbed
His mortgage is due and his marriage is through
He says he ain't gonna pay no child support
Because the bitch left him without a second thought
He got nothin to eat, no shoes on his feet
She even left his clothes, out in the street
He keeps hearin noises when he's at home
He always hears voices when he's all alone
His wife took the kids, the car and the crib
In this man's world, so much for women's lib

New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law, and I know my way around

Down in the Village, you might think I'm silly
but you can't tell the women from the men sometimes
They're sugar and spice and everything nice
But when you get em home ain't no tellin what you find
Right next door is a little old man
I seen him eatin dog food out of a can
He says, "I got to eat, when I can't afford meat
I barely can stand, on my own two feet"
I got a bad habit and I just can't break it
Somethin's on my mind and I just can't shake it
I need some time, and I want some space
I gotta get away from the human race

Too much, ah too many people, too much... a-ha hah
Too much, ah too many people, too much! Rrrrrrrah!

Stand at a skyscraper reachin into heaven
When over in the ghetto I'm livin in hell
Just play ball or be an entertainer
cause niggaz like me can't read too well
Nobody loves me, nobody cares
I dreamed about a life but I'm livin in a nightmare
Paranoid schitzo, set back, snowbound
Bad news psycho, heart attack, breakdown!

Hee, huh (16X) HUH!

If only I could sleep just ten more minutes
I might find the strength to make another day
If I didn't have to get up, and do my thing
I would probably sleep my whole life away
I messed up a nice dream, somethin bout ice cream
Whipped cream fruits and a cherry on top
Now I gotta get up and face the world, huh
The pressure is on it ain't never gonna stop
I sho' gotta learn to use my mind
I don't wanna be kissin nobody's behind
Just standin on line lookin like a jerk
Gotta get off my butt and do a full day's work
I ran into a pothole, got into a car crash
Shoulda been thinkin and tried to fake whiplash
A crowd gathered round, they're callin me fat
Who you lookin at wit a face like that?

New York New York big city of dreams
Everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around

On 42nd Street, lookin for some action
Women standin on the corner sellin satisfaction
One young punk just leanin on the fence
Tryin to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
Really is a prankster, tried to be a gangster
Real big wheel when a gun is in his hands
Just did a stick-up, just got picked up
One dead punk, killed by the man

New York New York big city of dreams
And everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much... ah ha hah hah
Too much, too many people, too much! HUAHH!

A baby cries and a mother dies
And the tears fall from the doctor's eyes because
in this room, on this day
The Good Lord has giveth, and taketh away, huh
The gift of life really means a lot
And in the ghetto your life is all you got
So you take to the streets, tryin to exist
in the trash and slime of a world like this
What you watch, on TV
a tells you what life is supposed to be
But when you look outside the only thing you see
Is the poverty stricken, reality, heh
Abandoned places, angry faces
Much hate and hunger through-out the races
You say, "I'm grown and I'm on my own
So why don't everybody just leave me alone!"
Now you stay at home, talkin on the phone
Doin ninety miles an hour in the fifty mile zone
They never took the time to tell you bout sex
So you had to learn about it in the discotheques
Nine months later, the baby is there
and the nigga that did it said, "I don't care!"
You don't have enough money to help feed two
So you have to choose between the baby and you
The sky was cryin, rain and hail
When you put yo' baby in the garbage pail
Then you kissed the kid and put down the lid
And you tried to forget what you just did, huh
The muffled screams of a dyin baby
was enough to drive the young mother crazy
so she ran in the rain tryin to ease the pain
Huh huh, and she drove herself insane

New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seem
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around

Ah too much, too many people, too much... ah ha hah hah
Too much, too many people, too much! HUHHH!

So what's happenin man? What's happenin?
Man you should see these bad girls out here workin the corner
Loose joints, loose joints!
A hah hah hah
Aiyyo baby won't you come here man gimme a little somethin
Let's try to get the money man
Aiyyo aiyyo y'all know this dude look he comin right here let's rob him man
Ohh yeah yeah
Nah nah leave him alone
Hey slick, you know your way to Sugarhill Records?
Ay man that's in Jersey nigga! C'mere c'mere man whassup wit you?
(conversation disolves into a fight)

New York New York big city of dreams
But everything in New York ain't always what it seems
You might get fooled if you come from out of town
But I'm down by law and I know my way around
Too much, too many people, too much... ha hah hah hah
Too much, too many people, too much

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