| Well there’s all kinds of cities that I ramble around
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| But New York, New York, now there’s a hell of a town
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| You know it ain’t no lie, and it ain’t no guff
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| They got five big boroughs chock full of stuff
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| They got skyscrapers, subways and a sea of humanity
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| Museums, libraries, culture galore
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| They got cable TV, how could you ask for more?
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| And if reality is your cup of meat
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| They got 42nd Street
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| Take a stroll downtown and run the gauntlet
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| Well the mayor is the mayor call the mayor A Beam
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| Even dreamed this here big mac scheme
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| But that big scheme kind of petered out
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| And President Ford had to bail 'em out
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| I don’t think his heart was in it though
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| If you like action, come to NYC
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| They got murder and rape and robbery
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| They got all kinds of violence can happen to you
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| They got broken glass and dog doo-doo
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| A Saturday night special every night of the week
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| They got bars in New York that never close
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| And bars where the people take off their clothes
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| And bars where the young folks dance all night and
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| Bars where a fella can pick a fight
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| If you want to, you can spend the night behind bars
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| Well, like I said before you know I ramble around
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| I meet a whole lot people out there who put New York down
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| Of course half of them ain’t never been there
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| So some of that criticism just ain’t fair
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| Sure I know New York is dirty and ugly and
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| Full of cockroaches and gonorrhea and rats and junkies and
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| Hookers and rude cab drivers
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| Bad air and bad vibes and unemployment and
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| They don’t pick up the garbage
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| Oh, but it’s not boring |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Talking Big Apple '75 , by - Loudon Wainwright III. Song from the album T Shirt/Final Exam, in the genre Иностранный рок