Manhattan Avenue Songtext
von Nellie McKay

Send a breeze
A pitbull′s yelp
A tender squeeze
A cry for help
Make it now
And make it fast
Such memories
Can never last
I long for the days
Music and mayhem
Mama's a smilin′ friend
In the scuzzy hue of the sunlight
Manhattan avenue


Lionel please
Watch o'er our door
The children tease
I beg for more
Chipping paint
The ceiling's spent
Aw ain′t it great
Can′t make the rent
I long for the days
Kittens are meowling
Junkies are prowling
Deep in the jazzy hue of the streetlight
Manhattan avenue

(Instrumental break)

How wild it is
What strange a vice
That a mugger and a child should share the same paradise