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The girl in the park lays deadly still she's up on the top the top of the hill
She's got all of the things you read about and all of the things you have to live without Hey
At the end of the block there's a family of four they got food on the table and little more
And everyday they work and save just to keep the hunger away Hey
And they hear
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
Do you know what I mean?
Kids on the block in the summer heat they got little to do and less to eat
And they watch the water running by and at night they lay in bed and they just want to cry Hey
In a black car under a skyscraper sits a big man he's a money maker
He's got all the things you ever wanted and none of the things you ever taught to me Hey
And they hear
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
Do you know what I mean?
In a three flat in the suburbs there's mom and a dad and boy and his girl
And they gotta car in the garage and everything else that Uncle Sam will let them sign for Hey
In a big town of a hundred thou' theres a here, a tomorrow, a day, and an hour
And they're building up and cashing in I can see it in their faces I can smell it in there fumes Hey
And they hear
Sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines sixteen tambourines
Do you know what I mean?