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Artist: Nellie McKay
Canonical path: /nellie-mckay/manhattan-avenue
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Manhattan Avenue
Read Manhattan Avenue lyrics by Nellie McKay on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Manhattan Avenue
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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
Oh but dreams come true on
Manhattan avenue
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Nellie McKay performs "Manhattan Avenue", and this lyric page sits inside the Nellie McKay catalog on LyroVerse.
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