[00:08.111]Due to landscape gardeners' gifted[00:10.185]father knickerbocker spaces are being lifted so much[00:13.825]That you hardly know it as such[00:16.144]All the streets are being dressed up[00:18.144]So before they ruin Broadway,I suggest that you go[00:22.037]To the city fathers and say, "Whoa!"[00:24.270]Glorify sixth avenue[00:26.165]And put bathrooms in the zoo[00:27.923]But please don't monkey with Broadway[00:31.961]Put big flood lights in the park[00:34.269]And put Harlem in the dark[00:36.038]But please don't monkey with Broadway[00:39.574]Though it's tawdry and plain[00:41.478]It's a lovely old lane[00:43.508]Full of landmarks galore and memories gay[00:47.727]So move Grant's tomb to Union Square[00:50.016]And put Brooklyn anywhere[00:51.826]But please, please, I beg on my knees[00:53.719]Don't monkey with old Broadway[00:56.931]Plant trees in the polo grounds[00:58.941]And put Yorkville out of bounds[01:00.881]But please don't monkey with Broadway[01:05.030]Close the village honky tonks[01:07.111]And suppress cheering in the Bronx[01:08.741]But please don't monkey with Broadway[01:12.689]Think what names used to dance[01:16.623]On this road of romance[01:21.014]Think what stars used to stroll along it all day[01:23.195]Make City Hall a skating rink[01:24.197]And push Wall Street in the drink[01:26.989]But please, please, I beg on my knees[01:28.181]Don't monkey with old Broadway