The Sound Of North America-Beautiful South

[ti:The Sound Of North America] [ar:Beautiful South] [al:Blue Is The Colour] [offset:0] [00:34.38]Ginger elvis presley looked a fraction sad [00:37.40]Roaming the whole town from bin to bin [00:43.96]Well living on the streets wasnt all that bad [00:47.09]Where no-one seemed to know that he was king [00:52.96]The sound of new york city [00:55.52]Isnt police sirens wailing [00:58.21]Its the sound of wall street tills [01:00.46]Whilst everyone is failing [01:03.02]Sometimes you feel expensive [01:07.34]Sometimes you feels so cheap [01:09.46]You can roam the streets a king [01:12.59]Whilst everyones asleep [01:14.53]You can mime to any record [01:17.40]With a hairbrush or a spoon [01:20.09]But God help the singer out of tune [01:25.40]A crippled mohammad ali [01:36.96]Looked at bad luck in the mirror [01:39.09]Bad luck looked back at him and sighed [01:45.15]He looked a good foot smaller [01:46.84]And a couple of stone thinner [01:49.15]And if anyone came toward him [01:51.28]He would hide [01:53.22]The sound of north america [01:55.65]Isnt christians quietly praying [01:58.72]Its the sound of shuffling feet [02:01.28]That dont know where theyre going [02:05.78]Sometimes you feel expensive [02:08.22]Sometimes you feels so cheap [02:10.47]You can roam the streets a king [02:13.47]Whilst everyones asleep [02:15.34]You can fight with anybody [02:18.03]With a glimmer of a chance [02:20.53]But God help the boxer with no hands [02:26.66]A homeless greta garbo [02:37.66]Moves across the street [02:38.97]The moonlight shining clearly [02:41.72]Through her skirt [02:45.78]A real life living legend [02:47.59]That no-one wants to meet [02:50.47]And thats when being garbo [02:52.09]Really hurts [02:55.47]The lyrics of new york [02:56.97]May have frank sinatra singing [02:59.85]But the rhythm and the melody [03:02.15]Were dead black men swinging [03:04.72]Sometimes you feel expensive [03:08.66]Sometimes you feels so cheap [03:11.10]You can roam the streets a queen [03:14.47]Whilst everyones asleep [03:16.54]You can act with anybody [03:18.16]From the cradle to the crypt [03:21.54]But God help the actress [03:23.66]Who doesnt know the script