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Artist: The Manhattan Transfer
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Song: Gentleman With a Family
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Album: The Offbeat of Avenues
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GENTLEMAN WITH A FAMILY (lyrics by Cheryl Bentyne and Marc Jordan)
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Scarecrow, weathered and weary
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Fragile and old beyond his years
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Here we are-- chosen
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In your eyes, the truth lies frozen
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Soldier in the city heat
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Refugee on every street
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And life goes by
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Standing in the pouring rain
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He's a gentleman with a family
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A gentle man, living day to day
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He's a gentleman with pride, one may conclude
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Sign reads, "Gentleman with a family will work for food"
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Shadows haunting his tired eyes
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Reaching beyond the empty hand
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Here we are, the chosen
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In your eyes, the truth lies, frozen
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Soldier in the city heat
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Refugee on any street
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And life goes by
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An apostle to those worn out souls
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(Repeat Chorus)
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Gentleman With A Family
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| MANHATTAN TRANSFER |
