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Ice cream scoop burgers at the Jackson Hole
“We will rock you,” cigarettes and Skoal
Snuck out of school to Blacker & Kooby
Then we went to Burger King to buy a trey-bag doobie

Bricks in the planters made you fall on your ass
Yes I knew Robert Chambers (he was not in our class)
Huddled on a bench in the park after dinner
Up on Carnegie Hill to smoke the trey-bag pinner

Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, up on Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, up on Carnegie Hill

Walking home up Madison, daydreams in the air
Suddenly Ty Sullivan and Randy standing there
When you’re not feeling safe, duck into Blacker & Kooby
Or pack up your troubles in a dirt-weed doobie, on

Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, on Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, up on Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, nobody called it Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, but I still miss Carnegie Hill

Hurricanes from Pedro’s where they never carded
They didn’t care if you were a minor
“The head of our complaint department’s Helen Waite”
And “Tipping’s not a city in China”

Shoestring fries at the Jackson Hole
PLJ playing… Billy Joel
They moved that old store. It wasn’t the point
And I never felt a thing from that pre-rolled joint, on

Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, on Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, up on Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, nobody called it Carnegie Hill

Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill but I still miss Carnegie Hill
Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill, Carnegie Hill
Nobody called it Carnegie Hill but I really miss Carnegie Hill

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Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Credits

Songwriter

Words and music by Christian Crumlish (BMI).

Personnel

• Christian Crumlish – vocals, ukulele
• Lorna Kollmeyer – vocals
• David Gans – guitars
• Dan Brodnitz – keyboards
• J. Goody – bass
• j.d. hanes – drums

Recording dates

Date	Session details
December 8, 2023	Crumlish on uke and vocals. Gans on Rick Turner Renaissance RS-6 Deuce guitar. Brodnitz on keyboards.
April 5, 2024	j.d. hanes added drums.
May 10, 2024	Goody added bass. Gans added guitar fills to the verses. Decided not to recut vocal.
June 21, 2024	Added ukulele part to the chorus. Gans added harmonizing guitar part on top of uke on later choruses. Added overdrive to uke and guitar parts.
October 9, 2024	Kollmeyer added harmony vocals to the choruses.
December 6 2024	Edit and mix. Re-amped guitar and uke (Headstrong small amp).
April 17, 2025	Cut back some uke and guitar parts from the choruses to leave room for the keyboards.