parody of If I Were A Rich Man from Fiddler On The Roof Oh, New York is changing Wherever you look Big tall buildings by Tishman Tishman, ahh... If I were a Tishman Yum di diddle didle doody didle diddy didy di Yum di didle All day long Id buildy buildy build If I were a building man Id build a lot of buildings Yum di didle doody deedle didle deedle didle dum Yum di didle Building buildings anywhere I wish If I were a Tishy Tishy Tish Id build the 666 5th Avenue building Right in the middle of the town One block wide and fortyeight stories high And Id have eighteen elevators going up And twentyseven more going down All of them express to pass you by Di diddle di Id build a ladies room and also a mens room Right there on each and every floor Each one in a style that is apropos And like the restrooms in the best office buildings Youd need a key to open up the door Though who would steal a bathroom, I dunno! Oh, if I were a Tishman Yum di diddle doidle didle dadle doodle deedle dum Yum di didle All day long Id buildy buildy build If I were a building man Id build a lot of buildings Yum di doodle dadle didle deedle didle dodle dum Yum di didle I could realize my lifes ambish Raising rents whenever I would wish Telling tenants, You can call me pish. If I were a rich Tishman
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