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The Brooklynites

David Byrne
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Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke Who's king, pumps up the fat hat Juicing thumps up the fat cat Joe Six stump up, the ratatat Bang, you live with Josie and the Pussycats The Brooklynites The Brooklynites The Brooklynites The Brooklynites Yo! Change here for the 2, the 3, the 4, the 5 The A, the C, the E, the B, D, F The N, the R, the Queens-bound G Won't you please stand clear of the closing doors? Won't you please stand clear of the closing doors, yo? Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke Smoke, scent scent, smoke smoke The Brooklynites The Brooklynites The Brooklynites The Brooklynites Well! Smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, scent Yeah, come on, come on, yeah, come on! Smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, scent Smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, smoke, scent Six hoodlums, dicey, their faces apostrophed with headphones Surround you on the corner of Baltic and Smith And disperse in six directions Like electrons used to stream off from the apple of the atom Down on Empire Boulevard On Fulton and South Oxford Down on the Flatbush Extension Down under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass South 3rd Street Avenue U Atlantic and Alice DeKalb, yeah Hoyt-Schermerhorn Pacific St. Felix Jay Street Borough Hall The Brooklynites The Brooklynites The Brooklynites The Brooklynites This train is being held by the dispatcher