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New Amsterdam Lyrics
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francois Truffaut,
Robert Zimmerman and de Niro
Paris, Texas - end of the world
New York, New York,
good bye girl
And they meet
on Blaker Street
or the Park that is Central
oh no
I watched the sun go down
down down beneath the ground
and it's a new day,
it's a new dawn,
in New Amsterdam.
The stranger in the moonlight,
looks stranger in the moonlight
And they meet
on Blaker Street
or the Park that is Central
oh no
I watched the sun go down
down down beneath the ground
and it's a new day,
it's a new dawn,
in New Amsterdam.
And we meet
on Blaker Street
or the Park that is Central
oh no
I watched the sun go down
down down beneath the ground
and it's a new day,
it's a new dawn,
in New Amsterdam.
Robert Zimmerman and de Niro
Paris, Texas - end of the world
good bye girl
on Blaker Street
or the Park that is Central
oh no
I watched the sun go down
down down beneath the ground
and it's a new day,
it's a new dawn,
in New Amsterdam.
looks stranger in the moonlight
on Blaker Street
or the Park that is Central
oh no
I watched the sun go down
down down beneath the ground
and it's a new day,
it's a new dawn,
in New Amsterdam.
on Blaker Street
or the Park that is Central
oh no
I watched the sun go down
down down beneath the ground
and it's a new day,
it's a new dawn,
in New Amsterdam.
the song is called New Amsterdam because it was the name of New York when it was founded in the 17th century.
the song starts with a list of famous names, each one directly related to New York city:
- Jean-Michel Basquiat was a famous graffiti artist in New York;
- Francois Truffaut was a famous French film maker and wrote an article which attacked the current state of French films which was published by a New York publisher (Simon & Schuster);
- Bob Dylan started is (superb) career by playing in a music venue called "Cafe Wha?" situated between Bleecker Street and West 3rd Street;
- Robert de Niro was born in New York.
it's called BLEECKER street...
whats with the namechecking? "robert zimmerman.. etc" (dylan)
well bleecker street, central park, and the names of the people and whatnot are associated with new york...
so whys it called new amsterdam?
its called new amsterdam because thats what new york used to be called before it was called...well new york!!