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La Java de Broadway
The java of Broadway
When we dance the java, on Saturdays, on Broadway,
It swings like in Meudon.
We dance to the beat, we go ahead, we don't need any Beaujolais
When you have bourbon.
It's not the real java, it's the real one,
The java of Broadway,
But that's the one we like.
When we're drunk, we go away
To the 42nd Street.
We laugh and we dance like in Saint-Paul De Vence
Until the 50th street.
Maybe it's not the real one,
La java de Broadway,
Yes, but that's the one we like.
When we do the java, on Saturdays on Broadway,
There are hounds in the bars.
When the girls come, when we're all together,
We give out the Oscars.
Maybe it's not the real ones,
Broadway girls,
Yeah, but that's the fun of it.
When we're dancing the java, Saturday night on Broadway,
We sleep on the pavements.
When they get us out of there, with a broom,
Or with a watering can.
And we don't know at noon
If we are in Clichy
or in California.
When you're dancing the java, on Saturday on Broadway,
It's like swinging in Meudon.
We dance to the beat, we go ahead, we don't need any Beaujolais
When you have bourbon.
Maybe it's not the real one,
The java of Broadway,
But that's the one that we like.
It's tinged with blues and jazz and rock.
It's still java.
When there are ten or twelve of us, when the glasses clash,
You don't see the problems anymore.
Maybe it's not the real one,
The Broadway java,
But that's the one that we like.
When we dance the java, on Saturday on Broadway,
It's like swinging in Meudon.
We dance to the beat, we go ahead, we don't need any Beaujolais
When you've got bourbon.
Maybe it's not the real one,
The java of Broadway,
Yes, but it's the one we like.
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Chink for clash?