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Manhattanites
Dick Valentine
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
8:07 p.m. in the morning
The time of night when people go and shift the blame
I worked for 20 years here as your doorman
But still I never got your name
Still I never got your name
Quitting time was when I would get started
The only way to get through was to make it a game
Hold the door for you while you departed
I know you never looked the same
I know I always looked the same
We were stranded for years on this island
We were too good for Brooklyn or Queens
We were bowed like the strings on a violin
We were Manhattanites
We never said goodnight
It seems to take away from time
We like to spend in dreams
For you and I are making time
Only in dreams it seems
Your attention is a mountain that I must climb
And every day around here is exactly the same
I pay my union dues on time, every time
But still I couldn't join the game
Still I couldn't join the game
You were pushed down the pram on the sidewalk
I was pushed down the stairs in Queens
You don't quite hear me when I talk
We were Manhattanite
Under the brightest lights
It seems when our eyes meet in passing
I fall into a dream
Caught in the gaudy net you're casting
Or in your tractor beam
In the penthouse they're burning bacon
And the au pair quits and moves home to Brazil
I feel it all through the bones of the building
To which I open the doors
But my door's nowhere near yours
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Now you're coming down your golden escalator
Smiling through the mist of your lilac and lace
You wink at me and just said, "See you later"
You get replaced by an older face
There's no trace of you in this place
I was desperate to be in the fast lane
You were desperate to flee the scene
The moon's light like the headlights of the A Train
We were Manhattanites
We never stopped to think what it means
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What it means
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