New York City Blues-Neil Sedaka

[ti:New York City Blues (Live)] [ar:Neil Sedaka] [al:Neil Sedaka Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]New York City Blues (Live) - Neil Sedaka [00:16.88]Life and death in an alleyway [00:19.24] [00:20.54]Just a heartbeat away from a man [00:24.51] [00:27.31]Who's learned to turn his head away [00:30.18] [00:31.41]From the pain that drains the land [00:35.25] [00:38.61]Harlem's not too far from here [00:41.43] [00:42.99]You can smell the garbage feel the fear [00:47.21] [00:49.03]I hear they're gonna build [00:51.05]A sky scraper there [00:53.62]As if we didn't need the extra air [00:59.84] [01:04.94]New York city blues [01:07.81] [01:08.63]In order to win you gotta lose [01:13.68] [01:15.60]Old before your time [01:17.99] [01:19.31]The dirt and the grime [01:20.98] [01:22.20]Get into everything [01:24.36] [01:25.32]And the papers love to say [01:28.87] [01:30.58]It's the meanest town in the USA [01:34.91] [01:36.48]But I think it's OK [01:38.34]It's the town I've made my home [01:42.23] [01:47.13]On another side of Park Avenue [01:51.09] [01:52.84]Respectable folks don't know [01:56.25] [01:59.40]Hungry eyes take in the view [02:02.41] [02:03.29]Of the world that lays them low [02:07.03] [02:09.57]Too many years on a welfare line [02:13.04] [02:14.70]The old song and dance time after time [02:18.91] [02:20.25]You can only get so pushed around [02:23.82] [02:25.06]Until you wanna tear the damn thing down [02:30.55] [02:36.31]New York city blues [02:39.80]In order to win you gotta lose [02:44.32] [02:46.66]Old before your time [02:49.31] [02:50.38]The dirt and the grime [02:52.18] [02:53.18]Get into everything [02:55.49] [02:56.71]And the papers love to say [03:00.21] [03:01.50]It's the meanest town in the USA [03:05.52] [03:07.55]But I think it's OK [03:09.49]It's the town I've made my home [03:13.66] [03:35.23]New York city blues [03:37.84] [03:38.76]In order to win you gotta lose [03:43.75] [03:45.62]Old before your time [03:48.35] [03:49.34]The dirt and the grime [03:51.05] [03:52.08]Get into everything [03:54.63] [03:55.40]And the papers love to say [03:59.02] [04:00.40]It's the meanest town in the USA [04:04.91] [04:05.82]But I think it's OK [04:08.26]It's the town I've made my home