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( Harlem song lyrics )
FIVE GOOD FRIENDS IN HARLEM
Copyright © 2006 - mickterry.com

1: I've got five good friends in Harlem,
just as good as you can get.
Full of honor, love, fun and dignity:
all the kind that you can't forget.

2: I've got five good friends in Harlem,
and I meet them all downtown
where we're all relaxed out on neutral turf,
where we don't even raise a frown.

3: I've got five good friends in Harlem,
for what sins must I atone?
We've had such great times for so many years,
but I've never yet seen their homes.

BRIDGE:
Something about survival,
that I prob'ly wouldn't last too long.
Something about life expectancy
that they wouldn't want to turn out wrong.
Something about survival,
something 'bout how they all value me.
But there are some in their world
who'd get themselves in a whirl,
and that's just part of their reality.

4: I've got five good friends in Harlem
I don't often get to see.
They don't often roll out the welcome mat
for a skinny white boy like me.

5:   ( repeat Verse 4 )

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