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Uptown, the street's in a calming way

 And outside is warm as a bed with a maid

 And I find it's all our waves and raves

 That makes the days go on this way

I heard the sad sound of words

 Spoken from the beak of a wise old bird

 Uptown, the streets are kept afloat

 A girl never leaves me alone

He means well, saying,

 I've got stories of wine, superb

 And of course my childhood, forks and knives

 And a hospital bed, where I turned my life over and over again