Key: B major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Pale Male, the famous red- tail hawk,
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performs wingstands high above midtown Manhattan
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Got his eye on a fat squirrel down
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They got no place to run, no place to hide
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But Pale Male, he's cool, see,
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ists and the six o'clock news
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Got him a penthouse view from the tip-
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He looks up and down Fifth Avenue and says,
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"God, I love this town"
Verse 2
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down here below
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And all us mortals struggle
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so
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We laugh and cry
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And live and die
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That's how it goes
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Down here below
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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He just rides on forever, now that the Fulton
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He said, "They ain't never gon
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of that new money they burn"
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Now Hell's Kitchen's "Clinton"
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And The East Village is creeping
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Hey, whatever happened
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Ain't no place left in this town
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that a poor boy can go
Verse 4
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down
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here below
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And all us mortals struggle
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so
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We laugh and cry
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And live and die
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That's how it goes
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Down here below
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Verse 5
Looks like he's in heaven
But he don't care
Verse 6
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But life goes on down
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here below
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And all us mortals struggle
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ChordsB G#m E F#
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