Part 1 • Sweet City Song
VERSE 1 REPEAT CHORUS
People goin', comin', trolley car was hummin' BRIDGE VERSE
A sweet city song
Everyone your neighbor Johnnie ride the pony
Livin' had a flavor The Dodgers' old symphony
With a sweet city song An egg cream at the corner candy store
There was a certain way that the city sang Radio and dancin' slow
Made you glad you belonged Who could ask for more?
I remember now that the rhythm somehow
Made me want to sing along. REPEAT CHORUS
CHORUS
Do Do Do Do Do Sweet City Song
Do Do Do Do Do Sweet City Song
Come on along.
VERSE 2
Boxes on a brick wall
Boys are playin' stickball
The chicks are walkin' by
Somethin' 'bout their sweaters
Made you play a little better
Or at least you'd try
Meanwhile on the corner
A group is singin' in
Three-part harmony
Was a time when you couldn't find
A better place to be.
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Music and Lyrics by Terry Cashman, Tommy West © 1972 Blendingwell Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Part 2 • Hello Jack
FIRST PORTION SECOND PORTION
Hello Jack, it's good to be back, But goodbye is too hard for me to say,
I've been away at school. When I still believe the good things
outweigh the bad,
Think of all the good times we had,
Yeah, Ed, I heard what you said, Think of all the good times we had.
You know that I'm no fool.
I know that's it's changin'
I see that it's changed
I know that's it's changin'
I see that it's changed.
Music and Lyrics by Terry Cashman, Tommy West © 1972 Blendingwell Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Part 3 • All Around The Town
VERSE 1 VERSE 2
A junkie steals, a mayor deals, Jesus freaks, Mohammed speaks,
Who knows what's comin' next? The Lord is on their team,
Traffic jams and greedy hands, Tenaments and midtown rents,
Did you read it in the text of the -- Rich and poor, no in-between.
Daily News, the subways blues, Say a prayer and breathe the air,
How does your garden grow? In the cold or heat,
Endless strikes and the likes, When the evening falls, the city calls,
All lined up in a row. But the lights only shine on empty streets.
CHORUS REPEAT CHORUS
Something is a-wrong here,
That doesn't belong here,
People are locking themselves behind their own four walls.
It falls from the skies here,
But no one's surprised here,
And maybe that's the saddest part of all.
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Music and Lyrics by Terry Cashman, Tommy West © 1972 Blendingwell Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Part 4 • A Friend Is Dying
VERSE 1
I think of her and I think of life's own music
At least that's the way it used to be
I think of her and I see the children laughing
But it's only on the streets of my memory.
CHORUS
And I never felt so lonely and so helpless
Wishin' that I didn't know the truth
But they tell me that a friend is dying
And there's nothin' in this world that I can do.
VERSE 2
When she was good, she was oh so good
You were blessed if she smiled on you
You could be king if she believed your story
But it was over if she laughed at you.
REPEAT CHORUS
BRIDGE VERSE
The hands that used to reach out to everybody
Now they're lyin' by her side
And her eyes are closed - no one really knows
If she make it through another night.
VERSE 3
Still most of what I love is locked inside her
Everything I thought I'd ever need
My heart keeps crying "You gotta hold on a little bit longer"
But my head is sure that it's time to leave.
CHORUS
And I never felt so lonely and so helpless
Wishin' that I didn't know the truth
But they tell me that a friend, a friend is dying --
FINALE VERSE
-- Old New York City
Can you say it ain't true
Can you tell me now before I'm leavin' you
I give anything I own just to believe in you -- again.
Music and Lyrics by Terry Cashman, Tommy West © 1971 Blendingwell Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
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