Autumn In New York

By: Vernon Duke
Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday
Key: F

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It’s time to end my lone-ly hol-i-day
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And bid the coun-try a has-ty fare-well.
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So on this grey and mel-an-chol-y day
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I’ll move to a Man-hat-tan ho-tel
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I’ll dis-pose of my rose-col-ored chat-tels
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And pre-pare for my share of
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Ad-ven-tures and bat-tles.
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Here on the twen-ty sev-enth floor
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Look-ing down on the cit-y I hate and a-dore

CHORUS

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Au-tumn in New York
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Why does it seem so in-vit-ing
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Au-tumn in New York
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It spells the thrill of first-night-ing

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Glit-ter-ing crowds and shim-mer-ing clouds
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In can-yons of steel
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They’re mak-ing me feel – I’m home

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It’s au-tumn in New York
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That brings the prom-ise of new love
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Au-tumn in New York
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Is of-ten min-gled with pain

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Dream-ers with emp-ty hands
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may sigh for ex-ot-ic lands

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It’s Au-tumn in New York
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It’s good to live it a-gain

Autumn in new york
The gleaming rooftops at sundown
Oh, autumn in new york
It lifts you up when you run down

Yes, jaded rou‚s and gay divorc‚es
Who lunch at the ritz
Will tell you that its divine

This autumn in new york
Transforms the slums into mayfair
Oh, autumn in new york
Youll need no castles in spain

Yes, lovers that bless the dark
On the benches in central park
Greet autumn in new york
Its good to live it again

Autumn in new york
That brings the promise of new love
Autumn in new york
Is often mingled with pain

Dreamers with empty hands
They sigh for exotic lands

Its autumn in new york
Its good to live it again