Lyrical New York 

Five Songs, Five Neighborhoods

1. Magnetic Fields ‘Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side’
I’m the luckiest guy
On the Lower East Side
‘Cause I got wheels
And you want to go for a ride

2. They Might Be Giants ‘Token Back to Brooklyn’
The token back to Brooklyn fell between the grating
And we’re just watching it sinking
The fare went up to one hundred dollars
And we can never go home again

3. Ryan Adams ‘New York New York’
Found a lot of trouble out on Avenue B
But I tried to keep the overhead low

4. Simon & Garfunkel ‘Bleecker Street’
A poet reads his crooked rhyme
Holy, holy is his sacrament
Thirty dollars pays your rent
On Bleecker Street

5. Bob Dylan ‘Tangled Up In Blue’
I lived with them on Montague Street
In a basement down the stairs,
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air...
Then he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of him died

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