Don't Blame It All On Broadway 1913

by James Pitt-Payne, london UK - 18 Feb 2010
2010

Someone took a trip down to the city,
Someone had a pocket full of dough,
Someone always has to feed the Kitty
Someone has to keep the lights aglow
after someone's lark,
someone heard someone remark,
as in the park he made a bench his bed,
Broadway is a joke,
I'm disgusted and I'm broke,
Then someone interrupted him and said:

Don't blame it all on Broadway,
you have yourself to blame,
Don't shame the name of dear, old Broadway
for in any other town
it's just the same.
Your life is what you make it
When you try to turn night into day
and if you should be dining
with a little stranger
red lights seem to warn you of a danger
Don't blame it all on Broadway.

Don't blame it all on Broadway,
you have yourself to blame,
Don't shame the name of dear, old Broadway
for in any other town
it's just the same.
Your life is what you make it
When you try to turn night into day
and if you should be dining
with a little stranger
red lights seem to warn you of a danger
Don't blame it all on Broadway.

Someone thought the world would be forgiving,
Someone then returned to his home town,
Someone tried to change his way of living,
Someone tried so hard to settle down,
Someone then in vain
had to come right back again,
Back where he thought life seemed bright and gay,
Someone in the park
heard someone to him remark
You were right the night I heard you say:

Don't blame it all on Broadway,
you have yourself to blame,
Don't shame the name of dear, old Broadway
for in any other town
it's just the same.
Your life is what you make it
When you try to turn night into day
and if you should be dining
with a little stranger
red lights seem to warn you of a danger
Don't blame it all on Broadway.

Don't blame it all on Broadway,
you have yourself to blame,
Don't shame the name of dear, old Broadway
for in any other town
it's just the same.
Your life is what you make it
When you try to turn night into day
and if you should be dining
with a little stranger
red lights seem to warn you of a danger
Don't blame it all on Broadway.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Don't Blame It All On Broadway 1913
Music by Bert Grant
Lyrics by Harry Williams & Joe Young
© MCMXIII by Harry Williams Mus.Co.Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 18 February 2010 at 09.55
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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