Manhattan Madness lyrics - Face the Music

Cover for Face the Music album
Album lyrics:
  1. Overture 
  2. Lunching at the Automat 
  3. Let's Have Another Cup O' Coffee
  4. Two Cheers Instead of Three
  5. The Police of New York 
  6. Reisman's Doing a Show 
  7. Torch Song 
  8. You Must Be Born With It 
  9. Castles In Spain (On A Roof in Manhattan) 
  10. Crinoline Days
  11. My Beautiful Rhinestone Girl 
  12. Soft Lights and Sweet Music
  13. If You Believe
  14. Well, of All the Rotten Shows 
  15. I Say Spinach (And the Hell With It)
  16. How Can I Change My Luck?
  17. A Toast to Prohibition 
  18. I Don't Wanna Be Married (I Just Wanna Be Friends)
  19. Manhattan Madness
  20. The Investigation 

Manhattan Madness lyrics

Manhattan Madness


Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan
Manhattan madness
You've got me at last
I'm like a fly upon a steeple
Watching seven million people
Do a rhythm
That draws me with 'em

Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan
Manhattan madness
You're going too fast
I'm like a baby on a rocker
Watching Father Knickerbocker
Being busy
I'm getting dizzy

When shadows creep, in my bed I tumble
But never sleep for I hear the rumble
In the street, the tramping of feet
That haunt me the whole night long
And through the day I'm watching the drama
That people play in your panorama
And I hear in tones very clear
The sound of your restless song

Subways below and trains above racing
Packed with humanity
Taxis and trucks and trolley cars chasing
Busy as they can be
Steaming machines and riveters grating
Motors instead of men
Buildings go up with wrecking crews waiting
To tear them down again

Newsies that shout sensational headlines
Peddlers with things to sell
Noisy cafes and whispering breadlines
Children that scream and yell
Whistles and bells and siren horns blowing
Pistols that crack and roar
Traffic that stops and goes without knowing
What's all the shooting for

Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan, Manhattan
Manhattan madness
You've got me at last
I'm like a fly upon a steeple
Watching seven million people
Do a rhythm
That draws me with 'em
And it's mad!
Last Update: June, 10th 2013


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