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Manilow Barry Miscellaneous Avenue C BY B. CLAYTON, J HENDRICKS AND D. LAMBERT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brass: N. Y. I dig Reeds: What about it? Brass: N. Y. is big Reeds: People tout it Brass: I flip my wig Reeds: What about? Brass: 'Bout a street I dig Piano (Basie's solo): One day I was walkin' n' Finally came upon a series of alphabet streets A-B-C and D, but I went for "C" The most of the hard-to-forget streets It's really and truly the dilly of all m'pet streets Tenor sax: Hey, hey, hey everybody now Brass: Come go walkin' with me now Walk up avenue C now Chicks all lookin' so pretty They don't give me no pity Avenue C is the grooviest in the city Tenor sax: I never dug an avenue so enjoyable to me "C" Avenue is groovy Yes it was groovy as it could be Brass: Walk with me down Avenue C Tenor sax: Man I really hope to say Brass: Come on baby, while we ramble Walk beside me while we ramble Tenor sax: You dig it too I feel you do What a scenic hike It's a walk that you're bound to like Brass: Y'got "B" on the one side Reeds: "A" Brass: "D" on the other Reeds: "B" Brass: "C" in the middle Reeds: "C" Brass and Reeds: Baby! Trumpet: The reason that you're feelin' so down, babe Is 'cause you live in Stuyvesant Town, babe I dug you down in Hamilton Fish, babe And realized that you were my dish, babe Walkin' home and you can walk with me Walkin' hand in hand up Avenue C, Oh babe And while we're walkin' we can do some talkin' While the people dig us wonderin' what we're puttin' down While we, happy as we can be, glide on Takin' life in stride up to Murphy Park there beside the river Brass: Well our feet got rhythm Reeds: Pure pedal syncopation Brass: 'N when we walk with 'em Reeds: Demandin' admiration Brass: Well our step is snappy Reeds: Dig people step aside now Brass: Because we're so happy Reeds: We're takin' life in stride now Brass: Avenue C your vibrations are followin' me. Oh yes Reeds: Everybody busily lookin' Brass: Yes yes Reeds: Me and baby steadily cookin' Brass: Yes yes Reeds: Start at one end talkin' and movin' Brass: Yes yes Reeds: To the other wiggin' and groovin' Brass: So come Reeds: You should Brass: And view Reeds: I would Brass: This Ave- Reeds: You could Brass: Venue Reeds: It's good Brass: Walk on Reeds: "C" Avenue, see it my way Brass: Talk on Reeds: No better view on a highway Ensemble: Big town you don't know 'till you see it Brass: Walk on Reeds: I never saw such a wonderful sight Drum break Ensemble: You're gonna love it Break Brass: I'm hip, you'll flip Reeds: When you dig it you'll stop and linger Brass: You'll pop your top Reeds: What a pleasure and what a swinger Ensemble: Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you (Come on, come on, go) Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you (Come on, come on, now, go) Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you Go dig it cop that view it's bound to thrill you |
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