Tonart: E major
Verse 1
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King of 7th Avenue
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I can count all the lights in the city from the
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ledge on the twenty seventh floor.
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There must be ten thousand
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window or more.
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It's a hobby I can count on,
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helps me forget about the cold.
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And I get to meet the neighbors for
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as long as the ledge will hold.
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In the window across from me,
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a man is committing a rob bery.
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It's another form of
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the New York City lottery.
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His ears must be burning,
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he drops the bag and he stares.
the building.
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Yes, there's no net down there
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And there's a woman below
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Her silhouette is quite beautiful.
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It plays tricks on my memory.
Verse 2
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Puts a face on the shadows in front of me.
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A crowd below is forming,
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beneath this window ledge, my throne.
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I am the King of Seventh Avenue,
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New York City is my home.
Verse 3
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I think the sirens have come for me,
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Their searchlights reach
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They bathe me in light,
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blind me so I can't see.
Verse 4
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I hear the crowd all ask for jumping,
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While the cops all ask for calm.
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Even the pigeons think I'm something,
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The whole city is in my palms.
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My daughter Lisa says to me,
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"Dad the world is yours, and it's
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beautiful.
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Don't throw it all away
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on memories.
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Verse 6
You've got to meet new people"
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Yeah, that will be good for me.
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Good for me.
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Good for me.
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So I watch the lovers behind
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their shades.
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I've seen them embrace after
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their furious fights.
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I've watched them mend their fences,
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make their love all night.
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Only to tear them down again,
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Change the limits, change the boundaries.
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The same beginning, the same end.
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Yet the story still astounds me.
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The whole
world now is watching.
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From this window ledge my throne,
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I'm the King of Seventh Avenue
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And tonight I'm not alone. I'm
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not alone.
Outro 1
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