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on the banks of the hudson, my love and i lay down |
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just above 42nd street, while the rain was pouring down |
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when i covered her with kisses, the sparks lit up her eyes |
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we made love like mad angels, while the jersey trucks rolled by |
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she said "don't you ever leave me, oh for godsake don't let me down" |
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so i made her all kinds of promises about how i'd always be around |
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but the speed was rippin' through my head, i'd only one thing on my mind |
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so goodbye my love on 42nd Street, if i don't get out of here, i'm gonna die |
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on the banks of the hudson, my love and i lay down |
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just one more midnight left to kill, then i'm outta new york town |
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i could feel the ice man closin' in, i could almost smell his gun |
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but that 20 grand i beat him out of would help me start again back home |
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and she said "don't you ever leave me, oh for godsake don't let me down |
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then i thought about what they'd do to her when they found out i'd left town |
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but the fire was racin' through my brain, i'd only one thing on my mind |
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so goodbye my love on 42nd street, if i don't get out of here i'm gonna die |
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don't say i should have stayed with her, |
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you don't know the full story about the girl |
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i only used her just as much as she used me |
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but sometimes you just gotta get out of new york city |
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on the banks of the hudson, my love and i lay down |
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just above 42nd street, while the rain was pouring down |
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when I covered her with kisses, the sparks lit up her eyes |
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we made love like mad angels, while the jersey trucks rolled by |
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and she said "don't you ever leave me, oh for godsake don't let me down |
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but how could I ever take a black girl back to wexford town |
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just then the streets of fire turned to blood, a yellow cadillac cruised by |
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and as i raced up 42nd street, the ice man shouted |
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"hey paddy, it's time to die" |