| Ginger Elvis Presley
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| Looked a fraction sad
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| Roaming the whole town
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| From bin to bin
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| Well, living on the streets
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| Wasn’t all that bad
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| Where no one seemed to know
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| That he was King
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| The sound of New York City
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| Isn’t police sirens wailing
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| It’s the sound of Wall Street tills
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| Whilst everyone else is failing
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| Sometimes you feel expensive
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| Sometimes you feel so cheap
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| You can roam the streets a king
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| Whilst everyone’s asleep
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| You can mime to any record
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| With a hairbrush or a spoon
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| But God help the singer
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| Out of tune
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| A crippled Mohammad Ali
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| Looked at bad luck in the mirror
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| Bad luck looked back at him
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| And sighed
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| He looked a good foot smaller
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| And a couple of stone thinner
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| And if anyone came toward him
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| He would hide
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| The sound of North America
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| Isn’t Christians quietly praying
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| It’s the sound of shuffling feet
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| That don’t know where they’re staying
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| Sometimes you feel expensive
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| Sometimes you feel so cheap
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| You can roam the streets a king
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| Whilst everyone’s asleep
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| You can fight with anybody
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| With a glimmer of a chance
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| But God help the boxer
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| With no hands
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| A homeless Greta Garbo
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| Moves across the street
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| The moonlight shining clearly
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| Through her skirt
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| A real life living legend
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| That no one wants to meet
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| And that’s when being Garbo
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| Really hurts
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| The lyrics of 'New York'
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| May have Frank Sinatra singing
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| But the rhythm and the melody
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| Were dead black men swinging
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| Sometimes you feel expensive
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| Sometimes you feel so cheap
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| You can roam the streets a queen
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| Whilst everyone’s asleep
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| You can act with anybody
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| From the cradle to the crypt
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| But God help the actress
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| Who doesn’t know the script |