The East River - Jeffrey Lewis

If I had a girl on 9th avenue

I know exactly what she would do

She would wander at dawn look around At folks

Find someone better looking who tells Better jokes

And then she’d leave me and I’d walk Back east alone

9 8 7th avenue

Now I’m crossing Madison

Sobbing on Park Avenue

Feeling bad on Lexington

3 2 1st avenue

Going east with the wind

Cross the FDR to the east river

Fall right in

And if I had a girl on 10th avenue

I know exactly what she would do

She would wander at day look at all the Guys

Find someone who’se read more books And has bluer eyes

And then she’d leave me and I’d walk Back east alone

9 8 7th avenue

Now I’m crossing Madison

Sobbing on Park Avenue

Feeling bad on Lexington

3 2 1st avenue

Going east with the wind

Cross the FDR to the east river

Fall right in

And if I had a girl on 11th avenue

I know exactly what she would do

She would wander at night hang around At bars

Find someone who draws better and Plays prettier guitar

And then she’d leave me and I’d walk Back east alone

9 8 7th avenue

Now I’m crossing Madison

Sobbing on Park Avenue

Feeling bad on Lexington

3 2 1st avenue

Going east with the wind

Cross the FDR to the east river

Throw myself in

Until the scum in the east river would Drown me

The phlegm and rotten rats would Surround me

The shattered cars at the bottom all Around me

Until I was just another scum in the East river

And when I become the scum it’s my Job to drown

The pathetic hopes and failures of the Next unloved clown

Though maybe it would be a girl and We could become scum together

Decompose as the river flows

Become one scum together

Become one forever

One bloated rotten putrid scum forever

9 8 7th avenue

Now I’m crossing Madison

Sobbing on Park Avenue

Feeling bad on Lexington

3 2 1st avenue

Going east with the wind

Cross the FDR to the east river

Fall right in