The ride had begun. The theatre and club spectaculars seemed to stick up into the sky at all sorts of crazy angles, probably because most of them were planted diagonally on rooftops. Follow Thru, Whoopee, Show Boat, El Fay Club, Club Richman, Texas Guinan's. It gave the town the appearance of standing on its ear. ("The Number's Up") Cornell Woolrich
Mine was the twilight and the morning. Mine was a world of rooftops and love songs.
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Roman Payne
The ride had begun. The theatre and club spectaculars seemed to stick up into the sky at all sorts of crazy angles, probably because most of them were planted diagonally on rooftops. Follow Thru, Whoopee, Show Boat, El Fay Club, Club Richman, Texas Guinan's. It...
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Cornell Woolrich
In the Middle East in the summertime, to keep cool, a lot of people sleep on the rooftops.
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Daron Malakian
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