Tonalidad: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Christmas 1899,
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a miracle occurred
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Between Broadway and West End Avenue
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A tiny babe was born
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to a surgeon an d his wife.
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A boy who would grow up
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to lead no ordinary life.
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After the Navy he worked 10 years
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on stage in film for 20 more.
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By the day he died,
you could say he was adored
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by people all around the world.
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From Rome to Little Rock
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From the streets of Paris
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To this unpretentious block
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Fast forward to 1971
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Same stretch of real estate
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A ten -year -old named Gary
Looks up from a book
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And says it's fate
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He's always been my idol
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But I had no idea
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That when he was a kid like me,
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like me, he lived right here.
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Fast forward to 2005,
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young Garret is now a man.
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He made some calls to City Hall,
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then he devised a plan.
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He started a petition
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when he told people what
was on his mind.
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Everybody wished him well
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and everybody sighed.
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Fast forward to 2006,
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a foggy day in June.
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A politician says,
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we've gathered here this afternoon
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To honor one of New York's own
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who earned worldwide acclaim.
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This isn't just West 103rd Street,
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it now bears his name.
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So thank you, Gary Dennett's,
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a boy who was ten in 1971.
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Here's looking at you, kid.
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We love what you have done.
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Of all the boroughs, of all the blocks,
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you made this one extra sweet.
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Between Rodway and
West End Avenue,
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West 103rd Street
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Oh, I could wish you a Merry Christmas
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But for us romantic fools on Earth
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We celebrate this date
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Cause it's the day of Humphrey
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