Duet with the City

Tonight I took a friend to go see the Top of the Rock - this trully breathtaking view of the entire city as seen from the top of Rockefeller center. (Yes, it's touristy but still worth it.) So we're next in line to get our tickets taken. The guy taking the tickets is this black guy, mid-30s with a great big smile on his face. When we approach him, he randomly starts singing a song. And I quickly notice it's one of my favorite songs of all time. An old 50s song. He's singing (rather loudly I thought), "Cuuupid. Draw back your boooowwww." And I can't help it - I immediately jump right in and return "and let...your aaaarrow goo-oh-whoa". Naturally, we have no choice but to sing together the final piece of the verse: "straight to..my lover's heart..for meeeeee."

I first learned of the song from Innerspace, a silly romantic comedy from the 80s with Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan that I absolutely adore. It's "their song." Here's a snippet:


Of course, for me and the city, it's now "our song."