New York Minute

from Road Movie by MDH

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"climbing out the taxi"

It’s where we landed, the third time I’d been so I avoided the obvious sights and went walking around Brooklyn, Queens and Harlem.

“What might happen is that we meet John Harris. Our drunken, romantic plan hatched before we left was to spend the evening slugging beers on Coney Island waterfront under the old fairground – giving one last nod to the Atlantic before we spurn it for the open road. We decide against this in favour of downtown bars for 2 reasons: another evil storm is forecast, and we are still unsure of the subway links out of Manhattan. I suspect, with uptown and Harlem fresh in my mind (and calves), that we will have made a good choice.”

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climbin out the taxi at a Brooklyn high rise
payin $20 for a burger and fries
squinting out the window at a jeg lag sunrise
fillin up on city with my tourist wide eyes

I can walk the bridge this morning
and lookin through the wires
see liberty still stalling
beside the towering isle

steppin off the subway for a Brooklyn lager
lookin at you funny you forgot to tip her
findin where the locals go is cloak and dagger
grow a pair and find out if you dare to ask her

up in Central Park bicycling
the rain is cold relief
catch me down on 4th jaywalking
away from the police chief

in a New York minute it’s beginning
it’s a race New York and you are winning
I got a feeling you and me New York we’ll come out on top, just don’t ever stop,
don’t ever stop!

what I had for breakfast is my first burrito
putting on a shirt will make me incognito
in the Lincoln Center it’s where all the pros go
learning how to play the very best sax solo

discovering the village park scene
singing patti smith
playing pool with some old drag queen
love the one you’re with

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from Road Movie, released September 1, 2014

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