Central in My Heart

In the middle of Manhattan
There's a spot unlike the rest
An actual oasis
It's like New York, but undressed

I'm talking 'bout a place that all the bustle seems to pass
What's this place I speak of?
Why, I'm so glad you asked

It's Central Park
It's a haven, it's a jewel
Central Park
And it even has a pool
The city's little refuge filled with kind of art and art
And guess what, it's central in my heart

The cops patrol on horsies as the kiddos hide their weed
Be cool, be cool
There's tennis players deucin', and he just deuced for free
Good job
See rollerbladers tripping, yogis doing downward dog
And truant students skipping while their WASPY mothers jog

Central Park
Built in 1857
Central Park
Where all rats go to heaven
It used to be a village, but no one talks about that part (dark chapter)

Anywho, Central in my heart
And in this gorgeous haunt
You'll find all you'd ever want

Picnics on the giant lawn
Rowboats floating on the pond
Carts with churros, mangoes too
Hey, halal, hello to you
Shakespeare plays, folksy tunes
Bucket drummers, fun cartoons
People play and people sing
That guy won't do anything
The park's a meeting spot
A melting pot
It's like the souvenir I bought
An equalizer
An exerciser
A perfect place to wear my visor

Central Park
Where the animals can talk
Central Park
My mistake they cannot talk
Grandiose and glorious, unlike any place on Earth
Where else can your son and daughter
Splash in dirty hot dog water?

Here at the midpoint
A park that's so central
The name's not that clever
But screw it, whatever
It's central in my heart