written about the late mayor of NYC, Ed Koch, remembering both the good and the bad...
lyrics
Started out a liberal congressman
Got rid of DiSapio and those Tammany hall men
When you first ran for Mayor, New York was way down
A fiscal crisis, almost a ghost town
You turned it around with that New York talk
‘how’m I doin’ , you said it everywhere you walked
New York was you, in your face, not always pretty
But we were proud of you here in New York City
Reelected with over 70 percent
Began to think you was heaven sent
Ran for governor, that was a mistake
Back in NYC, could not catch a break
Scandals started coming all around your door
Stanley Friedman and Donald manes, kickbacks galore
Riots and unrest, things starting to get gritty
Time for a change in New York City
You had a third term, third terms are problematic
What once was loveable, now seemed like a cheap trick
‘How’m I doin’, started to feel like a joke
A slap in the face to working class folks
The aids crisis hit, you could have done more
Some say you were closeted, and with yourself you were at war
Started out a great mayor, ended up kinda shitty
Happens everywhere, even New York City
We sometimes forget, how bad it was in the 70’s
Blackouts, riots, the Son of Sam and the graffiti
But you turned it around with that new York talk
“How’m I doin’?” you said it everwhere you walked
New York is pidgeons, pretzels, pizza and pastrami
You were part of that, no always pretty
Here in New York City…
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