Positively 42nd Street

You looked so good on West 42nd Street
Really stood out in the sea of people selling disposable things
Disposable people; what a concept!

You looked so good on West 42nd Street
Really stood out in the sea of people
You said, "today, someone is going to war
And it won't be you; you’ve got other jobs to do."
But today, our brother is going to war
And it won't be long; but it'll be a time
And part of us’ll die

Why didn't some useless old tragically honest contrarian
Approach our brother and tell him
"There are so many things to do
On the street in New York"?

There was nothing to do
Today

You looked so good;
You looked so good on West 42nd Street
Really stood out in the sea of people selling disposable things
Disposable people; what a con