Dm             G
Hudson died in Hudson bay
C                  Am
The water took its victim's name
Gm                     F
Now rivers rise toward Riverside
E
To change their names again

Dm                   G
A stranger walked in through the door

C                      Am
Said, "All apartments are pre-war"
Gm                       F        
We laughed and asked him for his name
E
He stayed until the end

Dm                     G
We watched the Germans play the Greeks
C                    Am
We marked the ninety-nine-year lease
Gm                       F
Our fathers signed which I declined
E
To try and comprehend

(Chorus)
Dm       G
Over and over again 
C         Am
All these never-ending visions
Dm       G
Over and over again 
C         Am
Like a prize that's changing hands
Dm       G
The time has come
C                    Am
The clock is such a drag
Gm           F
All you who change your stripes
E
Can wrap me in the flag

Dm            G
The legendary wooden gate
C                      Am
That first established real estate
Gm                   F   
Is lost to time like other crimes
E
That won this pleasant land

(Chorus)

Dm             G
Hudson died in Hudson bay
C                 Am
But I was born on Sutton Place
Gm                     F
The rising tide helped me decide
E
To change my name again

Dm                G
Some men tend to linger on,
C                        Am
And some make haste from Babylon,
Gm                       F
And some will roam their ruined home,
E
Rejoicing to the end

(Chorus)

Dm            G          C              Am 
The lines are drawn, the map is such a drag
Gm          F                       E
All you who change your stripes can wrap me in the flag