The Sound of North America
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โฑ๏ธ 4:00 duration
๐ ID: 629465
๐ Lyrics
Ginger Elvis Presley looked a fraction sad
Roaming the whole town from bin to bin
Well living on the streets wasn't all that bad
Where no-one seemed to know that he was King
The sound of New York City
Isn't police sirens wailing
It's the sound of Wall Street tills
Whilst everyone else is failing
Sometimes you feel expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can roam the streets a King
Whilst everyone's asleep
You can mime to any record
With a hairbrush or a spoon
But God help the singer out of tune
A crippled Mohammad Ali
Looked at bad luck in the mirror
Bad luck looked back at him and sighed
He looked a good foot smaller
And a couple of stone thinner
And if anyone came toward him
He would hide
The sound of North America
Isn't Christians quietly praying
It's the sound of shuffling feet
That don't know where they're staying
Sometimes you feel expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can roam the streets a King
Whilst everyone's asleep
You can fight with anybody
With a glimmer of a chance
But God help the boxer with no hands
A homeless Greta Garbo
Moves across the street
The moonlight shining clearly
Through her skirt
A real life living legend
That no-one wants to meet
And that's when being Garbo
Really hurts
May have Frank Sinatra singing
But the rhythm and the melody
Were dead black men swinging
Sometimes you feel expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can roam the streets a Queen
Whilst everyone's asleep
You can act with anybody
From the cradle to the crypt
But God help the actress
Who doesn't know the script
Roaming the whole town from bin to bin
Well living on the streets wasn't all that bad
Where no-one seemed to know that he was King
The sound of New York City
Isn't police sirens wailing
It's the sound of Wall Street tills
Whilst everyone else is failing
Sometimes you feel expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can roam the streets a King
Whilst everyone's asleep
You can mime to any record
With a hairbrush or a spoon
But God help the singer out of tune
A crippled Mohammad Ali
Looked at bad luck in the mirror
Bad luck looked back at him and sighed
He looked a good foot smaller
And a couple of stone thinner
And if anyone came toward him
He would hide
The sound of North America
Isn't Christians quietly praying
It's the sound of shuffling feet
That don't know where they're staying
Sometimes you feel expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can roam the streets a King
Whilst everyone's asleep
You can fight with anybody
With a glimmer of a chance
But God help the boxer with no hands
A homeless Greta Garbo
Moves across the street
The moonlight shining clearly
Through her skirt
A real life living legend
That no-one wants to meet
And that's when being Garbo
Really hurts
May have Frank Sinatra singing
But the rhythm and the melody
Were dead black men swinging
Sometimes you feel expensive
Sometimes you feels so cheap
You can roam the streets a Queen
Whilst everyone's asleep
You can act with anybody
From the cradle to the crypt
But God help the actress
Who doesn't know the script
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:32.96] Ginger Elvis Presley looked a fraction sad
[00:38.46] Roaming the whole town from bin to bin
[00:42.55] Well living on the streets wasn't all that bad
[00:47.91] Where no-one seemed to know that he was King
[00:52.97] The sound of New York City
[00:54.52] Isn't police sirens wailing
[00:57.59] It's the sound of Wall Street tills
[01:00.03] Whilst everyone else is failing
[01:04.03] Sometimes you feel expensive
[01:06.67] Sometimes you feels so cheap
[01:09.59] You can roam the streets a King
[01:12.41] Whilst everyone's asleep
[01:14.61] You can mime to any record
[01:16.62] With a hairbrush or a spoon
[01:19.52] But God help the singer out of tune
[01:33.70] A crippled Mohammad Ali
[01:36.19] Looked at bad luck in the mirror
[01:38.76] Bad luck looked back at him and sighed
[01:42.76] He looked a good foot smaller
[01:46.14] And a couple of stone thinner
[01:48.31] And if anyone came toward him
[01:50.87] He would hide
[01:53.21] The sound of North America
[01:55.72] Isn't Christians quietly praying
[01:58.34] It's the sound of shuffling feet
[02:00.84] That don't know where they're staying
[02:04.31] Sometimes you feel expensive
[02:07.45] Sometimes you feels so cheap
[02:10.29] You can roam the streets a King
[02:12.94] Whilst everyone's asleep
[02:15.26] You can fight with anybody
[02:17.45] With a glimmer of a chance
[02:20.49] But God help the boxer with no hands
[02:34.92] A homeless Greta Garbo
[02:36.97] Moves across the street
[02:39.47] The moonlight shining clearly
[02:41.95] Through her skirt
[02:43.96] A real life living legend
[02:46.50] That no-one wants to meet
[02:49.07] And that's when being Garbo
[02:51.53] Really hurts
[02:54.50] May have Frank Sinatra singing
[02:59.17] But the rhythm and the melody
[03:01.55] Were dead black men swinging
[03:05.52] Sometimes you feel expensive
[03:08.50] Sometimes you feels so cheap
[03:10.65] You can roam the streets a Queen
[03:13.61] Whilst everyone's asleep
[03:15.67] You can act with anybody
[03:18.61] From the cradle to the crypt
[03:20.66] But God help the actress
[03:23.68] Who doesn't know the script
[03:30.79]
[00:38.46] Roaming the whole town from bin to bin
[00:42.55] Well living on the streets wasn't all that bad
[00:47.91] Where no-one seemed to know that he was King
[00:52.97] The sound of New York City
[00:54.52] Isn't police sirens wailing
[00:57.59] It's the sound of Wall Street tills
[01:00.03] Whilst everyone else is failing
[01:04.03] Sometimes you feel expensive
[01:06.67] Sometimes you feels so cheap
[01:09.59] You can roam the streets a King
[01:12.41] Whilst everyone's asleep
[01:14.61] You can mime to any record
[01:16.62] With a hairbrush or a spoon
[01:19.52] But God help the singer out of tune
[01:33.70] A crippled Mohammad Ali
[01:36.19] Looked at bad luck in the mirror
[01:38.76] Bad luck looked back at him and sighed
[01:42.76] He looked a good foot smaller
[01:46.14] And a couple of stone thinner
[01:48.31] And if anyone came toward him
[01:50.87] He would hide
[01:53.21] The sound of North America
[01:55.72] Isn't Christians quietly praying
[01:58.34] It's the sound of shuffling feet
[02:00.84] That don't know where they're staying
[02:04.31] Sometimes you feel expensive
[02:07.45] Sometimes you feels so cheap
[02:10.29] You can roam the streets a King
[02:12.94] Whilst everyone's asleep
[02:15.26] You can fight with anybody
[02:17.45] With a glimmer of a chance
[02:20.49] But God help the boxer with no hands
[02:34.92] A homeless Greta Garbo
[02:36.97] Moves across the street
[02:39.47] The moonlight shining clearly
[02:41.95] Through her skirt
[02:43.96] A real life living legend
[02:46.50] That no-one wants to meet
[02:49.07] And that's when being Garbo
[02:51.53] Really hurts
[02:54.50] May have Frank Sinatra singing
[02:59.17] But the rhythm and the melody
[03:01.55] Were dead black men swinging
[03:05.52] Sometimes you feel expensive
[03:08.50] Sometimes you feels so cheap
[03:10.65] You can roam the streets a Queen
[03:13.61] Whilst everyone's asleep
[03:15.67] You can act with anybody
[03:18.61] From the cradle to the crypt
[03:20.66] But God help the actress
[03:23.68] Who doesn't know the script
[03:30.79]