Face the Music movie - Manhattan Madness lyrics

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Song by Irving Berlin<br /><br>

Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan<br>

Manhattan madness<br>

You've got me at last<br>

I'm like a fly upon a steeple<br>

Watching seven million people<br>

Do a rhythm<br>

That draws me with 'em<br>

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Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan<br>

Manhattan madness<br>

You're going too fast<br>

I'm like a baby on a rocker<br>

Watching Father Knickerbocker<br>

Being busy<br>

I'm getting dizzy<br>

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When shadows creep, in my bed I tumble<br>

But never sleep for I hear the rumble<br>

In the street, the tramping of feet<br>

That haunt me the whole night long<br>

And through the day I'm watching the drama<br>

That people play in your panorama<br>

And I hear in tones very clear<br>

The sound of your restless song<br>

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Subways below and trains above racing<br>

Packed with humanity<br>

Taxis and trucks and trolley cars chasing<br>

Busy as they can be<br>

Steaming machines and riveters grating<br>

Motors instead of men<br>

Buildings go up with wrecking crews waiting<br>

To tear them down again<br>

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Newsies that shout sensational headlines<br>

Peddlers with things to sell<br>

Noisy cafes and whispering breadlines<br>

Children that scream and yell<br>

Whistles and bells and siren horns blowing<br>

Pistols that crack and roar<br>

Traffic that stops and goes without knowing<br>

What's all the shooting for<br>

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Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan<br>

Manhattan madness<br>

You've got me at last<br>

I'm like a fly upon a steeple<br>

Watching seven million people<br>

Do a rhythm<br>

That draws me with 'em<br>

And it's mad!<br>

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