| Day-light gives me the shivers,
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| Harlem did it some-how.
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| Always hav-ing the jitters,
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| Should be used to it now.
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| Seventh Av-en-ue night life,
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| Gets me bod-y and soul,
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| Len-ox Av-en-ue mid-night,
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| Gets my Sat-ur-day roll.
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| Old Man Harlem gives me Sunday head-aches.
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| I’ve got Old Man Har-lem in my bones.
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| Always finds me danc-ing when the day breaks,
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| But that Old Man Harlem keeps me roll-ing on.
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| He takes all your dough and keeps you skimp-ing,
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| Makes you old and gray be-fore you’re limp-ing.
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| Old Man Harlem gives me Sunday head-aches,
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| But that Old Man Harlem keeps me rolling on. |