If I Were A Tishman Lyrics - Singles - Sherman Allan

(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 I'd buildy buildy build, 

If I were a building man. 

I'd 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. 

I'd build the 666 5th Avenue building 

Right in the middle of the town, 

One block wide and forty-eight stories high. 

And I'd have eighteen elevators going up 

And twenty-seven more going down, 

All of them express to pass you by. 

(Di diddle di) 

I'd 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, 

You'd 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 I'd buildy buildy build, 

If I were a building man. 

I'd build a lot of buildings, 

Yum di doodle dadle didle deedle didle dodle dum 

(Yum di didle) 

I could realize my life's ambish, 

Raising rents whenever I would wish, 

Telling tenants, "You can call me pish." 

If I were a rich Tishman 

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