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Dolan’s new tune: ‘Fix the Knicks’

The NBA lockout hasn’t prevented Knicks owner James Dolan from making music and having fun at the expense of his ballclub.

Dolan, who has been the front man on the blues band “Straight Shot” since 2005, debuted his new song “Fix the Knicks” on July 27 at the Jones Beach Theatre on Long Island as the warmup act to Aretha Franklin.

The rendition of “Fix the Knicks,” which wound up on YouTube, makes references to Isiah Thomas, Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks’ swiss-cheese defense.

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Dolan writes all his songs — and this one was clearly meant as a parody, and not a threat — when he sang the lyric last week: “I check with my friends, call Isiah Thomas. Pay no mind to those nasty critics.”

An audible groan could be heard from the Jones Beach crowd at the sound of the former Knicks president’s name being sung by Dolan. The Post has reported Thomas is not a candidate to inherit the presidency now occupied on an interim basis by Glen Grunwald.

Dolan is on the owners’ negotiating committee and has attended most of the labor meetings, but missed the last one on Monday. Garden spokesman Barry Watkins declined to comment on the song.

Undoubtedly, Dolan was poking fun with “Fix the Knicks,” tapping into all the Knicks clichés relating to their foibles. The song appears on his recently released CD, “Can’t Make Tears.” The chorus goes: “Fix the Knicks and make them shine; Get ’em to win like its ’69.”

The Dolan song begins: “Everywhere I go I hear everybody say; What you gonna do to make that team play; Walk across the street at 34th and 6th; Yelling from the cars, ‘Hey, man, fix the Knicks.’ ”

And then there’s the reference to Anthony and the Knicks’ poor defense that has marked the last 10 downtrodden seasons in which they have not won a playoff game: “Know they’re getting Melo, we spare no expense; They score a lot of points, but where’s the defense?”

Lyrics to “Fix the Knicks:”

Everywhere I go

I hear everybody say

What you gonna do

to make that team play

Walk across the street

at 34th and 6th

Yelling from the cars, “hey man fix the Knicks”

(CHORUS)

Fix the Knicks

and make them shine

Get’em to win like its ’69

Hittin’ all their free throws and no more shooting bricks

Time to get it right

and fix the Knicks

Doing my best,

yes, that’s my promise

I check with my friends, call Isiah Thomas

Pay no mind to those nasty critics

They haven’t the thing to fix the Knicks

(CHORUS)

Know they’re getting Melo, we spare no expense

They score a lot of points, but where’s the defense

Everyone’s an expert

so trade your draft picks

You gotta get this guy

to fix the Knicks

(CHORUS)

— Additional reporting

by Matthew LaFemina