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| A DUCK IN NEW YORK CITY (2003)
There was a little duck in New York City Which is not exactly perfect for a duck Instead of little ponds with little lilies There are great big buildings, pavement and trucks
But if you are a duck in New York City You do the very best with what you've got You don't go waddling after dark You take a taxi to the park And you find a fire hydrant when it's hot
His apartment was too small to have a bathtub So he had to go out waddling on the street He'd pretend that he was swimming up the pavement Even though it often hurt his little feet
But he loved to see the Knicks down at the Garden(s) And he loved the shows down on the Avenue And he said "I feel at home in New York City 'Cause everyone is quackers too"
"Now this little duck wasn't always in New York City. He grew up in a pond way in the Prairies. He was just a little tiny duck but he had BIG ideas. While other ducks were thinking 'go to one end of the pond, back to the other end of the pond', he was dreaming of going to New York City! He thought, 'if I could go there and get a show on Broadway -- they just had that Ibsen revival -- I could be a star, I just know it!' So he practiced his singing and dancing, and while other ducks were fast asleep in the waves, you could hear coming from the far end of the pond..."
Quack quack quackity Quack quack quackity Quack quack quackity quack
Start speading the news! I'm leaving today! I want to be a part of it! New York, New York!
So if you are a duck in New York City It's not exactly perfect for a duck Instead of little ponds with little lilies There are great big buildings, pavement and trucks
But if you are a duck in New York City You do the very best with what you've got You don't go waddling after dark You take a taxi to the park And you find a fire hydrant when it's hot!
Oh yeah, New York is ducky
from A Duck In New York City ©1990, 2003 Word of Mouth Music, Lac Laplume Music
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