Mama's a smilin' friend
Make it now and make it fast
Deep in the jazzy hue of the streetlight
I long for the days, kittens are mewling
Manhattan avenue
Oh but dreams come true
The children tease I beg for more
I long for the day, music and mayhem
Junkies are prowling
Manhattan avenue
How wild it is, what strange a vice
In the scuzzy hue of the sunlight
Oh ain't it great, can't make the rent
Chipping paint the ceiling's spent
Lionel please watch over our door
That a mugger and a child should share the same paradise
Such memories can never last