Songtext von One By One

well, the Knicks lost big to Cleveland at the Garden Friday night so I wandered down Eight Avenue to get a little tight got into a little scuffle all because of Willis Reed now there's one more bar in New York I can't get me what I need one by one, the doors are closing one by one, they're shutting down one by one, the word is spreading one by one, all over town one by one, my many options one by one, they're falling down dropping off like flies one by one well, I had a job last summer writing copy for the Post the hours were a bummer, the pay was worse than most missed a couple deadlines and I got the bum's rush another golden opportunity turned to mush ch. well, I spent my last ten dollars on a longshot at the track hit on the exacta, I got 700 back now my rent is paid, I've got some groceries and some wine one by one, it all is working out everything is fine