Page 41 - The Kid Who Played The Palace

(Picks up notice, glances at it, crosses to the window.) [Piano: Intro in] Look at ‗em. Bulldozin‘
right past me. Like I'm not even here. (Pointing) That one they want. That one. Even that grotesque
piece of crap on the corner they want. Me? I could stay here and rot. After everything I‘ve done in
this town. Heh! What have I not done!?

SONG: THE KID WHO PLAYED THE PALACE

AS A KID I PLAYED THE PALACE.
SO MANY WORLDS AGO.
I WAS THERE TO WATCH THE BIG TIME COME…
AND GO.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK,
YOU ONCE HAD SUCH MAGIC,
AND ONE BY ONE WE CAME AND HELPED YOU GROW.
YOU WERE SHINING, YOU WERE GRAND.
YOU WERE ―NEVER-NEVER LAND‖.
YOU WERE MORE THAN FAMILY…
YOU WERE HOME.

NOW WE LINGER ON YOUR DOORSTEP
LIKE UNINVITED GUESTS.
THE PARADE IS OVER- WE‘RE JUST OLD NEWS
THAT EVERYONE FORGETS

THERE‘S SO LITTLE TO REMIND YOU
OF THE FEW BRAVE SOULS WHO STAY.
LIKE GREAT STATUES
CRUMBLING SILENTLY AWAY

LIKE LONG-FORGOTTEN HEROS
LIKE OLD FORGOTTEN SONGS-
SOON THE KID WHO PLAYED THE PALACE
WILL BE GONE.

AS LONG AS I REMEMBER
I THOUGHT EVERY STAGE WAS MINE!
IN A PART OF ME, IT WAS ALWAYS MY TURN-
ALWAYS MY PLACE TO SHINE.

AND FROM THE VERY START
I‘VE HELD ON TO THAT DREAM.
I‘VE NEVER CARED HOW HOPELESS
IT MIGHT SEEM.

NEW YORK, I NEVER LEFT YOU.
I‘M STILL RIGHT HERE AT YOUR DOOR.

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