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Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide
The bums drop dead and dogs go mad
In packs on the West Side
Old man standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
You can't stand the heat, get out of the street
Because you won't survive
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down
Won't need nothing...
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I always said there ain't much time
But I'm getting close to the borderline
Close to the borderline
A buck three eighty
Won't buy you much lately on the street these days
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They moved next door but they ask no more
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I don't care since I'm running out of time
But I'm getting close to the borderline
Close to the borderline
I said take away so many things
Nothing you can really say
You know I'd give you anything
But they'd just take it all away
I don't care, we waste much time
I'm getting closer to the borderline
To the borderline
To the borderline . . .
The bums drop dead and dogs go mad
In packs on the West Side
Old man standing on a ledge looks like another suicide
You can't stand the heat, get out of the street
Because you won't survive
While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place
The bag ladies throw their bones in my face
I get attacked by a kid with stereo sound
I don't want to hear it but he won't turn it down
Won't need nothing...
......
I always said there ain't much time
But I'm getting close to the borderline
Close to the borderline
A buck three eighty
Won't buy you much lately on the street these days
......
......
......
They moved next door but they ask no more
......
......
I don't care since I'm running out of time
But I'm getting close to the borderline
Close to the borderline
I said take away so many things
Nothing you can really say
You know I'd give you anything
But they'd just take it all away
I don't care, we waste much time
I'm getting closer to the borderline
To the borderline
To the borderline . . .
Words and Music by Billy Joel
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