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On Broadway

Drifters

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On Broadway:The Drifters.
#9 in '63.

#1.
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They say the neon lights are bright
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on Broadway. (OBW)
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They say there's always magic in the air,
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on Broadway.
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But when you're walking down the street,
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and you ain't had enough to eat. 
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The glitter rubs right off, and you're nowhere.
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on Broadway.
#2.
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They say the girls are something else, on Broadway. (OBW)
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But looking at them just gives me the blues. On Broadway.
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How are you gonna make some time,
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when all you got is one thin dime?
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And one thin dime won't even shine your shoes, on Broadway.
#3. 
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They say that I won't last too long, on Broadway. (OBW)
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I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say,
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on Broadway.
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But, Lord, they're wrong, I know they are,
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Cause I can play this here guitar.
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And I won't quit till I'm a star, on Broadway 
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On Broadway,(x3) 
ADD:
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I'm gonna make it, yeah, (On Broadway) 
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I'll be a big, big, man, (On Broadway)
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I'll have my name in lights. (On Broadway) 
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Everybody, everybody's gonna know me, yeah! (On Broadway) 
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Oh, up and down Broadway, (On Broadway)


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