On Broadway
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1. They say the neon lights are
bright on Broadway (on Broadway)
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they say there's always magic in
the air, on Broadway.
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But when you're walking down
that street,
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and you ain't
had enough to eat,
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the glitter rubs right off,
and you're nowhere (on Broadway).
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2. They say the girls are
something else on Broadway (on Broadway),
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but looking at them just gives
me the blues (on Broadway).
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How're you gonna
make some time,
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when all you have is one thin
dime,
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and one thin dime won't even
shine your shoes (on Broadway).
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3. They say that I won't last
too long on Broadway (on Broadway),
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I'll catch a Greyhound bus for
home, they all say (on Broadway ).
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Lord, they've been wrong, I
know they are,
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I can play this here guitar,
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and I won't quit till I'm a
star on Broadway (on Broadway).
+ repeat verse 3 (first two lines as instrumental)
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I'm gonna
make it, yeah (on Broadway) !
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I’ll be a big, big, big man
(on Broadway) !
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I’ll have my name in lights (on
Broadway) ! ….
(capo 2nd) (The Drifters)