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1. "But the joke was on me. There was nobody even there to call my bluff.
I'm going back to New York City. I do believe I've had enough."
The song 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues' first appeared on an album by which of these performers?
2. "Now I'm laying out my winter clothes, and wishing I was gone. Going home, where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me."
Whose song 'The Boxer' included these lyrics?
3. "And now I know 'Spanish Harlem' are not just pretty words to say. I thought I knew, but now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City."
These lyrics came from the album 'Honky Chateau', released by which piano man?
4. "Little Joe never once gave it away. Everybody had to pay and pay. A hustle here and a hustle there, New York City is the place where they said, Hey, babe, ..."
If you can finish the line, you will be singing the title of the song first performed by which of these artists?
5. "The police in New York City chased a boy right through the park. In a case of mistaken identity, they put a bullet through his heart."
Which band sang these lyrics in a song on the album 'Goat's Head Soup'?
6. "New York City is a thousand miles away, and if you ask me, I'll tell you that's OK. Now, I'm not trying to put the Big Apple down, 'cause they don't need a man like me in town."
Which band released an album in 1975 that saw Ronnie van Zant singing these lyrics?
7. "Day is night in New York City. Smoke, like water, runs inside. Steel, idle trees to pity every living thing that's died."
These are the opening lyrics of a song on the self-titled debut album of which of these performers?
8. "Nose is runny, losing my connection. We're losing money, getting no affection. New York City blues. Eastside, Westside news. Throw me in the slam. Catch me if you can."
What band, originating in Boston, was responsible for these lyrics?
9. "New York City took me with the tide, and I nearly died from hospitality. Left me stranded, took away my pride. Just another no-account fatality."
Who sang these lyrics in a 1977 release?
10. Which of these songs could be used as the subject of a question that fits with the theme of this quiz?
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