Nellie McKay - Manhattan Avenue lyrics

rate me

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