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Nobody ever listened to me
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But I sure got a lot of attention
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Man, I'm just comin' from so far away
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It's a place I can't escape from
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Penn Station where the Trickers and the rif raf
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Can't come to, to go home now
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See an old lady with her shopping bag
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She really wishes that she was dead

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38th & 8th see the freaks on the street
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38th & 8th don't it make ya feel sick?
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38th & 8th New York City!
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38th & 8th New York?

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    Well alright

( B5 D5 E5  B5 D5 B5 ) (2x)

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Outta my mind in my room again
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The T.V. set is my only friend
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The only thing that I want
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Is the only thing that I need

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38th & 8th see the freaks on the street
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38th & 8th don't it make ya feel sick?
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38th & 8th New York City!
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38th & 8th New York?

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    Okay

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( G5 A5 ) (2x)

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      It's gonna be
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Okay  It's gonna be
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New York It's gonna be
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Alright New York
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It's gonna be Alright
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It's gonna be
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New York