The tour bus is full today, rolling down 7th Avenue
In sunlight so strong it makes one suspicious of everything.
And everything poses for the tourist taking pictures,
Taking videos
the buildings pose, the parks,
the Washington Arch
all the sights in Greenwich Village
pull their stomachs in and stand straight
And we who are New Yorker's strut down the street
Knowing the other side of everything
And still walking still strutting
Left foot forward, right arm back
Right foot forward, left arm back
This is the way we walk through life
Listen, you can hear the tour guide explaining everything
And he's got it all wrong.
Frank Murphy