Hudson

[Verse 1]

Hudson died in Hudson Bay,

The water took its victim's name

The river's rise told Riverside to change their names again



A stranger walked in through the door,

Said all apartments are pre-war

We laughed and asked him for his name

He stayed until the end



We watched the Germans play the Greeks

We marked the 99 year lease,

Our fathers signed

Which I declined to try and comprehend



[Chorus]

Over and over again, all these never-ending visions

Over and over again like a prize that's changing hands

The time has a come,

The clock is such a drag

All you who changed your stripes can wrap me in the flag



The legendary wooden gate

The first established real estate

Is lost in time like all the crimes

that won this pleasant land (land, land)



[Chorus]



Hudson died on Hudson Bay,

But I was born on Sutton Place

The rising tide helped me decide to change my name again

Some men tend to linger on and some make haste from Babylon

Some will roam their ruined home, rejoicing 'till the end



[Chorus]



The lines are drawn,

The map is such a drag

All you who changed your stripes can wrap me in the flag