You can have Manhattan, I know it's for the best
I'll gather up the avenues and leave them on your doorstep
And I'll tiptoe away so you won't have to say you heard me leave
You can have Manhattan, I know it's for the best
The bustle in the buildings, the weather in the fall
And I'll buy out a place to save you some space
For somebody new
You can have Manhattan
Cause I can't help you
I know
You can have Manhattan
The one we used to share
The one where we would laugh and laugh
And then drunk on just being there
Hang on to the reverie
Could you do that for me?
Cause I'm just too sad to
You can have Manhattan
Cause I can't help you
And so it goes
One foot after the other
Till black and white begin to color in
And I know
That holding us in place
Is simply fear
Of what's already changed
You can have Manhattan
I will settle for the beach
And sunset
And sunset
Facing westward with sand beneath my feet
I wish there's a way
That's missing the days
When I was one half of two
You can have Manhattan
Cause I can't have you
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