[Verse 1]
            
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  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 2]
            
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 only

   
 one
             
Gentleness, so

            
briety are rar

e in this soci

ety
         
At night a can

              
dle's brighter

          
 than the sun


[Instrumental]
        x4


[Verse 3]
            
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


[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