Verse 1: Kirsty MacColl
“They’ve got cars big as bars
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They’ve got rivers of gold
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But the wind goes right through you;
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It’s no place for the old
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When you first took my hand
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On a cold Christmas Eve
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You promised me Broadway
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Was waiting for me
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Verse 2: “You were handsome!” “You were pretty
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Queen of New York City”
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When the band finished playing
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They howled out for more
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Sinatra was swinging
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All the drunks, they were singing
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We kissed on a corner
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Then danced through the night
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Chorus:
The boys of the NYPD choir
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Were singing ‘Galway Bay’
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And the bells were ringing out
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For Christmas day
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