Englishman In New York - Sting

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[Verse]

            
   I don't dri

             
nk coffee, I t

            
ake tea my dea

   
r
            
   I like my t

             
oast done on o

          
ne side
            
   And you can

             
 hear it in my

            
 accent when I

   
 talk
            
I'm an English

            
man in New  Yo


rk

           
See me walking

            
 down Fifth Av

        
enue
           
A walking cane

             
 here at my si

      
de
           
I take it ever

                   
ywhere I walk
            
I'm an English

           
man in New Yor

      
k


[Chorus]

          
I'm an alien  

           
 I'm a legal a


lien
            
I'm an English

            
man  in New Yo


rk
          
I'm an alien  

           
 I'm a legal a


lien
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k


[Verse]

            
If, "Manners m

             
aketh man" as 

            
someone said
            
Then he's the 

           
hero of the da

    
y
            
It takes a man

             
 to suffer ign

          
orance and smi


le
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say


[Chorus]

          
I'm an alien  

           
 I'm a legal a


lien
            
I'm an English

            
man  in New Yo


rk
          
I'm an alien  

           
 I'm a legal a


lien
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k


[Bridge]

             
Modesty, propr

             
iety can lead 

        
to notoriety
           
You could end 

            
  up as the on

   
ly  one
             
Gentleness, so

            
briety are rar

e in this soci

ety
           
At night a can

              
dle's brighter

           
 than the sun


[Verse]

            
Takes more tha

             
n combat gear 

              
to make a man
            
Takes more tha

             
n a license fo

        
r a gun
            
Confront your 

             
enemies, avoid

            
 them when you

 
 can
            
A gentleman wi

             
ll walk but ne

    
ver run

            
If, "Manners m

             
aketh man" as 

            
someone said
            
Then he's the 

           
hero of the da

    
y
            
It takes a man

             
 to suffer ign

          
orance and smi


le
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say


[Chorus]

          
I'm an alien  

           
 I'm a legal a


lien
            
I'm an English

            
man  in New Yo


rk
          
I'm an alien  

           
 I'm a legal a


lien
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k