Jesse Malin - Riding On The Subway lyrics

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The Harlem mammas they are laughing<br />

They call me punk rock think they're cute<br />

The pizza boys they keep on starin'<br />

I guess they finally made it off their stoop<br />

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I don't even know and I don't even care<br />

Oh yeah<br />

Since I've been hanging round<br />

Machines go up and down<br />

Spray paint gospel on the beat<br />

Another billboard reads<br />

Come to Miami Beach<br />

A man sells pretzels in the heat<br />

Riding on the subway<br />

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Saints and sinners sweepstakes winners<br />

Nine to five their smoking gun<br />

Jazzman Jimmy's busked a million<br />

Sometimes plays Duke Ellington for fun<br />

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I don't even know and I don't even care<br />

Oh yeah<br />

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I've been hanging round<br />

In the underground<br />

One day I saw you in your seat<br />

Past the transit cops<br />

A three-card monty box<br />

If I only had the guts to speak<br />

Riding on the subway<br />

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Mother told me yesterday<br />

The things that God would never say before<br />

We'll hang around the radio and listen to the status quo go on<br />

I'm all right until Sunday night when<br />

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I keep going down<br />

Took the local round<br />

A soul confession in my sleep<br />

Ain't no wishing well<br />

Underneath the El<br />

I still hope someday we might meet<br />

Riding on the subway