Down and Out in New York City - James Brown

Say brother

Can I borrow a fan brother you know

Say say say

I'd sure like just a dime

So I can buy some coffee and snacks

I guess I'd better stop trying to be hip and get on down

Hey man you know

I was born in New York City

Saved by the night on a Monday

Trying to shoot the news

Not a bad cat not a bad hat

Doing me a real big favor

Forget the bad cats and the bad hats

Playing it all real good

And a damn boy give me a shine boy ha

When a cold wind comes in New New York City

And the street's no place to be but there you are

So you try hard or die hard

No one really gives a damn to try hard

And to die hard no one give a damn

And a damn boy give me a shine boy ha

Down and out in New York City

This ain't no way to be

Oh boy letting you go

When you're down and out in New York City

Never never never gonna get that way again

No not me when you need a friend

You need to have her

When you want a friend

Gonna get myself together in the morning

Gonna leave it all

I want my dream

All the bad cats and the bad hats

Doing me a real big favor

You've got the bad cats and the bad hats

Paying me all real good

And a damn boy give me a shine boy ha

Give me a shine boy

Down and out in New York City

This ain't no way to be

Oh boy letting you go

When you're down and out in New York City

Never never never gonna get that way again

No not me when you need a friend

Troubled mind

When you need a friend

You've got a troubled mind

Ain't nobody gonna give you one thin dime

Friends can be cruel sometimes

And be sweet but what

What bugs a man what hurts a man

When you give him a drink

Just can't get nothing to eat

That's New York City

That's New York City

New York City

Horton and 25th Street

Bricks

8th Avenue