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Tell the man who repairs the wings for angels |
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That one has fallen among the mortals on |
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Bleeker Street |
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I lent a hand, she looked up at the steeples |
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As if to blame them for the pavement beneath her feet |
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She said, "I never much liked flying, but the job requires trying The hard part's avoiding buildings and concrete" (chorus) |
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Spread the news, 'cause there's an angel in |
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Manhattan |
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Call out the paparazzi and the television crews |
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Let the people choose |
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Would a little |
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Faith come to harm them? |
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Print the headlines up in the |
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New York Daily |
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News It was just another day |
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Like any other, other day |
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A Tuesday afternoon |
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I hailed a cab, a crowd gathered as it pulled beside us |
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And somebody tore at her wings, but |
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I helped her safely inside "I'm much obliged," she said, but the driver he looked shaken |
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He said, "You're fakin', lady, who's taking who for a ride" |
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But then we floated up over the traffic, she turned the radio to static, |
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And she sang to him in |
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Billy Holiday's sweet voice (chorus) |
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Spread the news, 'cause there's an angel in |
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Manhattan |
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Call out the paparazzi and the the television crews |
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Hey if you choose |
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Would a little |
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Faith come to harm you? |
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Print the headlines up in the |
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New York Daily |
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News It was just another day |
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What will the mayor say? "Good afternoon" |
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We flew down the length of |
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Fifth Avenue |
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She threw out miracles, it was a hysterical ride |
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And if the crowd on the sidewalk looked skeptical |
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She took the blue right out of their cynical eyes "It's all in what you feel inside" |
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She shook the mayor's hand, and he declared |
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That he'd hold a press conference, |
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The fans and protesters blocked the stairs to city hall "I'd like to thank you all," he said |
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And when she stepped before the cameras |
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It felt like a trial, but she smiled as the questions were called, "What do you say to detractors, who claim you're just some actor?" |
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She said, "The question here, is 'Do I believe in you?'" |
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It was just another day |
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Like any other, other day (chorus) |
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Spread the news, |
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I saw an an angel fly from |
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Manhattan |
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In front of paparazzi, in front of television crews |
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And me I choose |
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I know a little |
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Faith wouldn't harm me |
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Despite what they print in the |
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New York Daily |
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News It was just another day |
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Like any other, other day |
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Like any day |