Downtown is where it's at, I don't doubt that
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But today I can do without I'm getting sick of the slums
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I'm tired of dodging the bums
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And all the freaks are freaking me out
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CHORUS:
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Today we ruin the roach.
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Today we conquer the crab.
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Today we bring the bedbug down
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Watch me baby, hail a taxi cab
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You and me are going uptown
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Well, lets go fly a kite in Central Park
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Go & see a Shakespeare play
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Have a lot of fun at the planetarium
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And museum all the blues away
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Well, Rockefeller Center and the UN too
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Baby don't make me wait
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I want to elevate up & down with you
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In the building of the Empire State
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Well, we'll eat dinner at your favorite Schrafft's
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Somebody gonna shine my shoes
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Then we'l pop into Playland for pinball laughs
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And read the Allied Chemical News
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Le's go to Radio City Music Hall
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To catch the Rockettes of renown
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Then we get to The Garden for some basketball
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Or a fight for the heavyweight crown
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That's right, a change of pace is good for a change
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It's a wonder all the goodness it gives
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Life is oh so sweet above Fourteenth Street
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Let's go see how the other half lives
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(Chorus)
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Uptown
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| Loudon Wainwright III |
