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Harlem On My Mind

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Harlem On My Mind

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Em'ralds in my bracelets, diamonds in my rings

A riviera chateau and a lot of other things

And I'm blue, so blue am I

Lots of ready money in seven diff'rent banks

I counted up this morning, it was 'bout a million francs

And I'm blue, so blue, and I know why

I've got harlem on my mind

And I'm longin' to be lowdown

And my "parlez-vous" will not ring true

With harlem on my mind

I've been dined and I've been wined

But I'm headin' for a showdown

'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn

With harlem on my mind

I go to supper with a french marquis

Each evening after the show

My lips begin to whisper "mon cheri"

But my heart keeps singin' "hi-de-ho"

I've become too damned refined

And at night I hate to go down

To that high-falutin' flat that lady mendel designed

With harlem on my mind

I've got harlem on my mind

And I'm longing to be lowdown

And my "parlez-vous" will not ring true

With harlem on my mind

I've been dined and I've been wined

But sure as your born I'm headin' for a showdown

'Cause I can't go on from night to dawn

With harlem on my mind

And when I'm bathing in my marble tub

Each evening after the show

I get to thinkin' 'bout that cotton club

And my heart starts chirping "hi-de-ho"

Help me

I've been too damned refined

And at night I hate to go down

To that flat with fifty million frenchmen taggin' behind

With harlem on my mind

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