Give
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       Ikumi, Leonard & Carl

She was the Cinderella of New York
Started out with little, just the ghetto - nothin more
But soon she's livin' like rich people do
Weildin' plastic up and down at Fifth Avenue
 
But first she gerw up on the Bowery
Only friends were homeless, taught her Harlem harmony
She'd sing her songs, the people'd stop and smile
For a quarter they forgot New York a while
 
And then at night, when the people all went home
She'd dig out her cardboard house alone
And in it she;d wait with coffe cup in hand and sing

GIVE  ya know it's Christmas
GIVE  whatever gift you can - it's just enough
I need ya to help me help myself
GIVE  yourself at Christmas
LOVE may be the only thing you've got to show
But love's enough - so GIVE
 
She saved her quarters, moved uptown a bit
Got a subway gig and in Penn Station was a hit
But still she longed to leave the underground
Maybe CBGB, maybe Broadway bound
 
She sang for years til one man came along
Signed a record deal - paid big money for her songs
So now it's park-view days and sold-out nights
All the homeless, all the cardboard's outa sight
 
But still at night when the people all go home
She sits in her Park penthouse alone
She thinks of her home, and wonders if her friends still sing
 
GIVE  ya know it's Christmas
GIVE  whatever gift you can - it's just enough
I need ya now to help me help myself
GIVE  yourself at Christmas
LOVE may be the only thing you've got to share
But love's enough - so LOVE