tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post942038631477775405..comments2024-03-28T09:48:01.838-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Down On Avenue A, 1922Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-89424449954781869872015-05-23T01:20:03.903-04:002015-05-23T01:20:03.903-04:00Anton is as much an Avenue A treasure as the treas...Anton is as much an Avenue A treasure as the treasures he collects. I believe he's the last birdman in the East Village, perhaps all of lower Manhattan?Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395915435209482109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-46814656066173756912015-05-22T16:39:41.276-04:002015-05-22T16:39:41.276-04:00[1st verse]
You've seen all the beauties they ...[1st verse]<br />You've seen all the beauties they show on the screen <br />But down on the Eastside they've got a real queen <br />She dresses plain I don't know her name <br />But she’s just the type that drives fellows insane <br />If you don't think that she’s sweet <br />Here's where to go for a treat<br /><br />[Chorus]<br />Down on Avenue A you'll see her every day <br />Tho’ she don't powder her cheeks or her nose <br />She gets all the fellows wherever she goes<br />Once when she was alone a gay called her up on the phone <br />And gee whiz she hung up <br />That show how she's brung up <br />‘Way down on Avenue A<br /><br />[2nd verse]<br />Down on the East side they never eat cake <br />The kids are as tough as a 40 cent steak <br />Sunshine or rain they never complain <br />If they get a toothache they laugh of the pain <br />It's not a bad neighborhood it's rough and it's tough but it's good<br /><br />[Chorus]<br />Down on Avenue A you'll see her every day <br />Tho’ she don't powder her cheeks or her nose <br />She gets all the fellows wherever she goes<br />Once when she was alone a gay called her up on the phone <br />And gee whiz she hung up <br />That show how she's brung up <br />‘Way down on Avenue AAlec C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-76094877592509602342015-05-22T16:18:23.868-04:002015-05-22T16:18:23.868-04:00Violinsky http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899239/
His...Violinsky http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0899239/<br /><br />His birth and death dates make me realize that my mother knew people born in the 1800s.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04362859175287085919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-43347970040999347262015-05-22T13:56:17.450-04:002015-05-22T13:56:17.450-04:00The line at TJ's
All the Froyo you can handle
...The line at TJ's<br />All the Froyo you can handle<br />The NYU br0's woo-hooing at night<br />Every building a bank<br /><br />is that how the song goes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-5857509694174054782015-05-22T13:30:38.486-04:002015-05-22T13:30:38.486-04:00The lyrics are at the site the last link points to...The lyrics are at the site the last link points to. There is a scrollable column on the right side of the page with the sheet music pages, complete with lyrics. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-56558978866785197302015-05-22T11:25:57.734-04:002015-05-22T11:25:57.734-04:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZlzzTSBZ8
Benn...<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZlzzTSBZ8<br /><br /><br />Benny got a new tattoo<br />Down at the St. Mark's Zoo<br /><br />He walked down to the park<br />Drinkin 40's, till it's dark<br />Talkin to a grey haired man<br />In a tie-dyed shirt and ragged pants<br />He said,<br />That's where the hippies used to play<br />Down on Avenue A<br /><br />Susie got a new pair of shoes<br />Now she don't know what to do<br /><br />So she's sitting in the Park<br />Smokin pot till it's dark<br />Talking to a toothless man<br />With spiky hair<br />And leather pants<br />He said,<br />I knew Stiv in the day<br />And that's where the junkies used to play<br />Down on Avenue A<br /><br />When every memory is gone<br />and everything you know is wrong<br /><br />Takin the edge off on a beautiful day<br />with a Frappacino and a cre brulee<br />yeah, it's all over when you see a Range Rover<br />and to my bodega, I say hasta luega<br /><br />it's not what you do, it's what you say<br />and it's not who you know, it's who you pay<br /><br />Down on Avenue A<br /><br />j.b. diGriznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-6336950448345166802015-05-22T09:29:11.052-04:002015-05-22T09:29:11.052-04:00Wow, I would love to know the lyrics; they're ...Wow, I would love to know the lyrics; they're not on the website this post links to, and when I Google the title and the word "lyrics", the Dictators' lyrics to "Avenue A" come up. Somehow, I doubt they're the same song. Thanks for sharing, Anton, maybe you should have an exhibition of these treasures someday!Gojiranoreply@blogger.com