You can have Manhattan
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I know it’s for the best
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I’ll gather up the avenues
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And leave them on your doorstep
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And I’ll tip toe away
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So you won’t have to say
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You heard me leave
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You can have Manhattan
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I know it’s what you want
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The bustle and the buildings
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The weather in the fall
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And I’ll bow out of place
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To save you some space
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For somebody new
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You can have Manhattan
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Cause I can’t have you
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Ahhhhh
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You can have Manhattan
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The one we used to share
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The one where we were laughing
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And drunk on just being there
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Hang on to the reverie
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Could you do that for me?
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Cause I’m just too sad to
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You can have Manhattan
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Cause I can’t have you
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And so it goes
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One foot after the other
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Til black and white begin to color in
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And I know
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That holding us in place
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Is simply fear of what’s already changed
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Ahhhhh
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You can have Manhattan
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I’ll settle for the view
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The sunsets facing westward
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The sand beneath my feet
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And I’ll wish this away
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Just missing the days
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When I was one half of two
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You can have Manhattan
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Cause I can’t have you
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Bye bye
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bye bye
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bye bye
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bye bye
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Manhattan
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| Sara Bareilles |
