Waits, Tom - I'll Take New York Lyrics
I'll tip the newsboy
I'll get a shine
I'll ride this dream
to the end of the line
I'm goin places
Up to the Riverside
I'll take NY
I'll let it happen
I'll pop the cork
tear off the wrappin'
I'll make a splash on the Hudson
that's how I will arrive
Hey, do you have two tens for a five?
Roll out the carpet
Strike up the band
champagne when I land
Beat the parade drum
hit all the bars
I want the moon and stars
But I'll take NY
I'll make it happen
Blow out the candlels
tear off the wrappin'
And I know someday
they'll have to name a street after me
right next door to old Franklin D
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Waits, Tom I'll Take New York Comments
I love driving my girlfriend crazy with this song. Drunk on acid or something lol
What version is this?
The way that the harmonium collapses at the end while Waits is still holding the note is really compelling. Just like a dream vanishing while reality catches up to poor Frank...
Howdy! I'm glad to see someones listening to this genius in 2018
Right? The whole song is compelling in that way, in that it almost sounds like some poor old drunken sap singing at an open mic in some dingy old bar on a week-night, singing his heart out about his past dreams and ambitions, only to be met with awkward silence and no applause in a near empty venue. Just like you said, like a dream vanishing as reality finally catches up.
crack up
Tom channels Ethel Merman!
Love this version