Thirty-Eight in the City of Dreams

Lyrics

🎺 Intro:
🎶 (Soft piano and strings intro)
They say time flies…
But darling, I just fly finer with age.

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🎼 Verse 1:
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Thirty-eight candles, still blowin’ minds,
In the city where the skyline climbs.
New York’s been watchin’, waiting for me,
A royal storm in a tailored spree.

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🎼 Chorus:
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Oh, I walk like I own Fifth Avenue,
Sippin’ midnight like fine Château.
From Harlem jazz to downtown lights,
I shine sharper than Manhattan nights.

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🎼 Verse 2:
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The boys still whisper, the ladies stare,
They toast my name in velvet air.
Sugarstorm, they call me sly,
With a wink that makes the angels sigh.

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🎼 Bridge (soft fade, dramatic):
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I’ve loved and lost, I’ve danced and burned,
But every scar was style I earned.
Tonight the moon feels close to me…
’Cause kings don’t age, they reign endlessly.

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🎼 Final Chorus:
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So light me up, don’t count the years,
Pour the jazz, and drown the fears.
I’m thirty-eight, and here I stand…
New York, baby—kiss my hand.