文本歌词

Tenement Symphony - Tony Martin (托尼·马丁)
Schubert wrote a symphony
Too bad he didn't finish it
Gershwin took a chord in g
Proceeded to diminish it
I sought a variation
On a theme that I thought pretty
And I found my inspiration
On the east side of New York city
The cohens and the kellys
The campbells and vermicellis
All form a part of my tenement symphony
The cohen's pianola
The kellys and their victrola
All warm the heart of my tenement symphony
The campbells come tumb'lin down the stairs
Hoodlie hoodlie hoodlie
Oh marie oh marie
You'll be late for your date with izzy
And from this confusion
I dreamed of a grand illusion
It's my tenement symphony in four flats
The kid on the first floor practicing the minuet
The kid on the second floor yelling
For the dinner that he didn't get
The guy on the third floor
Wakened from his slumber
By the guy on the fourth floor
Practicing the rhumba
The sounds of the ghetto inspired the allegretto
You'll find them in my Tenement Symphony
The cry of a vendor met a lullaby sweet and tender
I combined them in my Tenement Symphony
The yelling of children will greet your ears
Dooleeaah
Dooleeaah
Dooleeaah
Holly Gee
Holly Gee
Gotta stop
There's a cop hey Chickie
And from this confusion
I dreamed of a grand illusion
It's my Tenement Symphony in the four flats