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