Analysis of another night at the outback or New Haven, Manhattan
Another night at the Outback or New Haven in Manhattan
To be young and intoxicated
Making the rounds to see
If anyone want to come home with me
A pleasant surprise your blue eyes
Time treated you well, I see
The lanky girl grew to be
A fetching beauty and Baby
A pleasant memory we
Had an afternoon in high school
You ran with a different crowd
But I always went for the heat
You were pretty underneath
Your flannel and jeans
Stoked me eager, I strove
To please you I would have
Lived in those blue eyes
But I was foolish, I never stood
Still long enough to love
So here we are in Manhattan
Young and sexy old friends
How do you think this will end?
Your boss oozes jealousy
What the hell do you see in me?
The rapier wit, the cocky smile
Could not get me past a county mile
But you shared the hard road
You know this city exploits the young
And we made it on the other side
For a while, if we can live the lie
Euro trash posers, preppy kids
All want the life we live
Until they get bored of slumming
And jettison off to Aspen
We will stay here in our rushed hours
Looking for more than warmth of a body
In cold Manhattan nights
Soundtrack: “Let's Stay Together-Al Green, Stand By Me- Ben E. King”
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Metre | 010110111100010 11100100 100111 110111111 01001111 1101111 0101111 01010010 0101001 1101011 11101001 1111101 101001 11001 111011 111111 10111 111101101 110111 11110010 101011 1111111 1110100 10111101 010010101 111110101 111011 11110101 011110101 101111101 1011101 110111 0111111 01001110 1111010110 1011111010 010101 11101011111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,164 |
Words | 237 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 38 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on May 08, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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