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[00:17.267]Now Alice needed money. I put $10 on the breeze
[00:21.160]As the wind died away, she sank way below her knees
[00:25.522]And as a hurricane passed by, she clutched the money from the sky
[00:30.119]She must have been at least a fathom high
[00:34.001]She works the 42nd beat on 42nd street
[00:38.156]With all her golden ambitions and dead rhinestones in her feet
[00:42.569]And when a stranger said she sucked, she just smiled believing luck
[00:46.723]As she climed into his truck, to make a buck
[00:51.385]Oh my god, she's running round the trees
[00:55.572]Said she couldn't touch them because they're so real
[01:02.305]Alice you remind me of Manhattan
[01:06.114]The seedy and the snaz, the shoeboys and the satins
[01:10.089]Like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in
[01:14.666]Oh, I got my eyes on you
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[01:22.801]Now keep a watch on your watch and a watch on her watch
[01:27.184]Cause if you ain't too careful, he's gonna kick you in the crotch
[01:31.790]And you're out in the cold and you know that you've been rolled
[01:35.737]And the cops don't even stop, and you feel old
[01:39.947]See, Alice really liked you, but you stayed a while too long
[01:44.365]Now she wants you to forget it, and come back before too long
[01:48.325]But make it quick if you could, she's gonna star in Hollywood
[01:52.575]The producer seems to think she's kinda good
[01:57.323]Me and my camera eyes sitting on a fence
[02:01.628]Laughing at the lights of New York City
[02:07.807]Alice you remind of Manhattan
[02:11.655]The seedy and snaz, the shoeboys and the satins
[02:15.731]Like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in
[02:20.249]Oh, just come over
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[02:59.471]Roll up
[03:00.360]See Alice on the palace where her name adorns the boards
[03:04.176]Ain't no flash in her Cannes, she got the willpower of a horse
[03:08.143]And it's a long way to Broadway from a 42nd lay
[03:12.510]Or is it really just a couple of blocks away?
[03:16.490]Now I wonder if she wonders if I wonder if she wonders
[03:20.768]About the times I put her down when she seemed to be right under?
[03:24.951]She told me morals are traditions, contradictions, superstitions
[03:29.126]See Alice is always based on split decisions
[03:33.199]Me and my stupidity sittin' on a fence
[03:37.360]And digging what I thought was New York City
[03:43.417]Oh Alice, you remind me of Manhattan
[03:47.494]The seedy and snaz, the shoeboys and the satins
[03:51.565]Like a throne made of gilt that too many johns have sat in
[03:55.912]Oh, I like you
[04:00.088]Yeah Alice, the lights were meant for you
[04:03.998]Your weaknesses successful and your selfishness the clue
[04:07.850]You gotta lose what you get and for what you get you lose
[04:12.170]Oh, I know it
[04:15.766]Oh Alice, don't stop and think a minute
[04:19.873]Or your brain is gonna get ya, drop your heart right in it
[04:23.882]And you're a shooting star and you'll die if you don't win it
[04:30.077]Yeah
[05:02.485]You didn't make the book
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