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"NYC Man" is a track by Lou Reed, from the album Set the Twilight Reeling, released 20th February 1996. Full lyrics are available below.
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[Verse 1] It can only lead to trouble if you break my heart If you accidentally crush it on the ides of March I'd prefer you were straight forward, you don't have to go through all of that I'm a New York city man, baby, and say "go" and that is that [Chorus] New York City man, you just say "go" and that is that I'm a New York City man, you just say "go" and that is that [Verse 2] It's far too complicated to make up a lie That you'd have to remember and really why I wouldn't want to be around you if you didn't want to have me around I'm a M-A-N-N man, you blink your eyes and I'll be gone [Chorus] M-A-N-N man, you blink your eyes, honey, and I'll be gone New York City man, you blink your eyes and I'll be gone [Verse 3] Brutus made a pretty speech but Caesar was betrayed Lady Macbeth went crazy but Macbeth ended slain Ophelia and Desdemona dead, leaving Hamlet in a play But I'm no Lear with blinded eyes, say "go" and I am gone The stars have shut their eyes up tight, the earth has changed its course A Kingdom sits on a black knight's back as he tries to mount a white jeweled horse While a clock full of butterflies on the hour releases a thousand moths You say "leave" and I'll be gone without any remorse No letters faxes phones or tears, there's a difference between bad and worse [Chorus] I'm a New York City man, blink your eyes and I'll be gone New York City - man, M-A-N, you blink your eyes and I'll be gone [Outro] New York City, I love you, New York City man New York City, how I love you, blink your eyes and I'll be gone Just a little grain of sand New York City, ooh, how I love you New York City, babe, blink your eyes and you're gone Oh, how I love you
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