[Intro] Because everyone is poor And free..... [Instrumental Intro] [Verse] A man of letters A long, long time ago Back in the days when Things were cheap And art was all from the streets Downtown Manhattan No running water No electricity No heat A man of few words A long, long walk home Back in the days when Things were for keeps And hearts were all in the streets Downtown Manhattan No running meter No eccentricity No pleat [Pre-Chorus] Old-day New York City Mhmm, mhmm, mhmm Old ways, the city of dreams Yeah, yeah, yeah..... [Chorus] Because everyone is poor And free..... Everyone is free..... Everyone is free..... You got to be poor to be free....... Yeah...... You got to be poor to be free....... [Verse] A man rediscovered A long poem on the go Back in today when Things are steep And art is all in concrete Downtown Manhattan With running water And electricity And heat A man not of this world A long, long way home Back in today when Things are for the rich And hearts are all in concrete Downtown Manhattan With running meter And eccentricity And pleat [Pre-Chorus] Old-day New York City Mhmm, mhmm, mhmm Old ways, the city of dreams Yeah, yeah, yeah..... [Chorus] Because no one is poor And free..... No one is free..... No one is free..... You got to be poor to be free....... Yeah...... You got to be poor to be free....... [Bridge] Now the city is dead The arts are sad The people are bad They no longer say what they mean Trying to leech off an old man's dream He was a mystery they seek He was an exotic they itched Trying to find out How old clocks tick How old clocks tick [Solo] [Pre-Chorus] Old-day New York City Mhmm, mhmm, mhmm Old ways, the city of dreams Yeah, yeah, yeah..... [Chorus] Because everyone is poor And free..... Everyone is free..... Everyone is free..... You got to be poor to be free....... Yeah...... You got to be poor to be free....... [Chorus] Because everyone is poor And free..... Everyone is free..... Everyone is free..... You got to be poor to be free....... Yeah...... You got to be poor to be free....... You got to be poor to be free....... [Instrumental Outro]
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