C Dm
Since we can no longer make it, girl
Em F
I've found a new place to live my life
C Ab
It's really no place at all
Eb
Just a hole in the wall, you see
F Dm Em
It's cold and dusty but I let it be
Dm G
Livin' here without you
C Dm Em F
On Second Avenue
[Verse 2]
C Dm
And since our stars took different paths
Em F
I guess I won't be shavin' in your looking glass
C Ab
Guess my old friendly grin
Eb
Must have started to dim, somehow
F Dm Em
And I certainly don't need it now
Dm G
Still, I keep smiling through
C Dm Em F
On Second Avenue
[Chorus]
F Em
I can still see you standing
Dm Am
There on the third-floor landing
Dm G C F G F
The day you visited we hardly said a word
F Em
Outside it was rainin'
Dm Am
You said you couldn't be stayin'
Dm G C Dm Em F
And you went back to your flowers and your birds
[Verse 3]
C Dm
Since we can no longer see the light
Em F
The way we did when we kissed that night
C Ab
Then all the things that we felt
Eb
Must eventually melt and fade
F Dm Em
Like the frost on my window pane
Dm G
Where I wrote: "I am you"
C
On Second Avenue
[Chorus]
F Em
I can still see you standing
Dm Am
There on the third-floor landing
Dm G C
The day you visited we hardly said a word
F Em
Outside it was rainin'
Dm Am
You said you couldn't be stayin'
Dm G C Dm Em F
And you went back to your flowers and your birds
[Verse 4]
C Dm
Since we can no longer see the light
Em F
The way we did when we kissed that night
C Ab
Then all the things that we felt
Eb
Must eventually melt and fade
F Dm Em
Like the frost on my window pane
Dm G
Where I wrote: "I am you"
C Dm Em F This was composed and record on piano C
On Second Avenue
