Englishman In New York - Sting


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[Verse]    
            
I don't drink 

             
coffee I take 

         
tea, my dear.
           
I like my toas

              
t done on one 

     
side.
           
And you can he

            
ar it in my ac

             
cent when I ta

   
lk,
           
I'm an English

           
man in New Yor

  
k.   

[Verse]
           
You see me wal

              
king down Fift

       
h Avenue,
           
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]
       
Who - a. I'm a

   
n alien.
   
I'm a legal al

ien.
        
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k.
        
Who - a. I'm a

          
n alien.

I'm a legal al

ien.
       
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

   
k.

[Verse]
            
If "manners ma

             
keth man" as s

          
omeone said,
           
He's the hero 

           
of the day.
           
It takes a man

            
 to suffer ign

             
orance and smi

le.
        
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

       
hey say.

[Chorus]
       
Whoa. I'm an a

   
lien.

I'm a legal al

ien.
        
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k.
       
Whoa. I'm an a

   
lien.

I'm a legal al

ien.
        
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k.

[Bridge]
             
Modesty, propr

          
iety can lead 

to notoriety,
           
But you could 

              
end up as the 

           
only one.
             
Gentleness, so

              
briety are so 


rare in this s

ociety.
         
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 ma

             
keth man" as s

          
omeone said,
           
He's the hero 

          
of the day.
           
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.

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