Chelsea Morning - Live

This is another morning, rainbow, love sunshine song
This one takes place in the city so it′s a little
A little bit noisier

It's all about living in the Chelsea district of New York
Which was really a nice place to live until
Andy Warhol made a movie ′bout Chelsea girls
And gives us all a bad reputation

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window
And the traffic wrote the words

It came ringing up like Christmas bells
And rapping up like pipes and drums

Oh, won't you stay, we'll put on the day
And we′ll wear it ′til the night comes

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I saw
Was the sun through yellow curtain
And a rainbow on the wall
Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you
Crimson crystal beads to beckon

Oh, won't you stay, we′ll put on the day
There's a sun show every second

Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
And the streets are paved with passer-by
And pigeons fly, and papers lie
Waiting to blow away

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning
And the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey
And a bowl of oranges, too
And the sun poured in like butterscotch
And stuck to all my senses

Oh, won′t you stay, we'll put on the day
And we′ll talk in present tenses

When the curtain closes
And the rainbow runs away
I will bring you incense owls by night
By candlelight, by jewel-light
If only you will stay

Pretty baby, won't you
Wake up, it's a Chelsea morning