Shoe shiner, shoe shiner, shoe shiner
Come back to my Chinatown
I sing for you, shoe shiner
I show a memories clown
Shoe shiner, shiner, shiner
Come back to my Chinatown
I sing for you, shoe shiner
Chinatown, Chinatown

Looking at the ear you can see Shanghai
At the end of the avenues of Vienna
And its silhouette is hinted
Unmistakable in the middle of the hustle and bustle
Your uncle is waiting for you, reach him
When he looks at you, decipher him
All cinema, cinema, cinema
Ah, come back to my old Chinatown
Ah, uncle, uncle, how is it, how is it
Explain life, explain how it is
Ah, uncle, uncle, how is it, how is it
Explain everything to me, explain why
And slowly it unrolls
Of this film the film
Ah uncle

A shoe shiner, shiner, shiner
Comes back to my Chinatown
I sing for you, shoe shiner
I show a memories clown

Here is Duke Ellington, great boxer
All boasting and silences
Laugh, wild, laugh, laugh
Among the jasmines of dark Africa
Only the nephew understands the uncle
There's no need to tell you
Shoeshine boy, you deserve a dollar
Chinatown, Chinatown

Ah, uncle, uncle, how is it, how is it
Explain it all, explain why
Ah, uncle, uncle, how is it, how is it
Explain life, explain where it is
And everything unrolls
Like a film's film
Eh, uncle, uncle, ah

A shoe shiner, a shoe shiner
Comes back to my

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