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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Pat Suzuki
Pat Suzuki
Performer
Flower Drum Song Ensemble
Flower Drum Song Ensemble
Performer
Salvatore Dell'Isola
Salvatore Dell'Isola
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richard Rodgers
Richard Rodgers
Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Goddard Lieberson
Goddard Lieberson
Producer

Lyrics

They call it
Grant Avenue, San Francisco
California, U.S.A. 
Looks down from Chinatown
Over a foggy bay
You travel there in a trolley
In a trolley up you climb
Dong dong, you're in Hong Kong
Having yourself a time
You can eat, if you are in the mood
Shark-fin soup, bean-cake fish
The girl who serves you all your food
Is another tasty dish
You know you
Can't have a new way of living
'Til you're living all the way
On Grant Avenue
Where is that?
San Francisco
That's where's that!
California, U.S.A. 
A western street with eastern manners
Tall pagodas with golden banners
Throw their shadows through a lantern glow
You can shop for precious jade or
Teakwood tables or silk brocade or
See a bold and brassy nightclub show
On the most exciting thoroughfare I know
They call it
You can eat, if you are in the mood
Shark-fin soup, bean-cake fish
The girl who serves you all your food
Is another tasty dish
You know you
Can't have a new way of living
'Til you're living all the way
On Grant Avenue
Where is that?
San Francisco
That's where's that!
California, U.S.A. 
Written by: Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

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