Tom Waits

I'll Take New York

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I'll tip the newsboy
I'll get a shine
I'll ride this dream
to the end of the line
I'm goin places
I'll take a ride
Up to the Riverside
I'll take NY
I'll let it happen
I'll pop the cork
tear off the wrappin'
I'll make a splash on the Hudson
that's how I will arrive
Hey, do you have two tens for a five?
Roll out the carpet
Strike up the band
break into the best
champagne when I land
Beat the parade drum
hit all the bars
I want the moon and stars
But I'll take NY
I'll make it happen
Blow out the candlels
tear off the wrappin'
And I know someday
they'll have to name a street after me
right next door to old Franklin D

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yuri_sucupira On Dec 27, 2001

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by HarryIrene

8y ago

Almost a grotesque parody of a Broadway musical like the Sinatra hit "New York New York". The way Waits pushes his voice on this one is over the top both extreme and comic. To me TW is using all the cliches of stardom, fame, vulgar excesses of showbiz

Frank the main character of the album, dreams of being an entertainer but success makes him go crazy .

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