New York is where I’d rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.
Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocket full of dreams;
Baby, I’m from New York.
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of;
There’s nothing you can’t do;
Now you’re in New York.
These streets will make you feel brand new,
Big lights will inspire you.
Hear it from New York, New York, New York!
Bright lights, big city they’ve gone to my baby’s head
Bright lights, big city gone to my baby’s head
I tried to tell you woman, you won’t believe a thing that I said
You got rats on the west side
Bedbugs uptown
What a mess this town’s in tatters I’ve been shattered
My brain’s been battered, splattered all over Manhattan
We’ll have Manhattan,
The Bronx and Staten Island too.
It’s lovely going through the zoo.
It’s very fancy on old Delancey Street you know.
The subway charms us so,
When balmy breezes blow to and fro.
And tell me what street
Compares with Mott Street in July?
Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by.
The great big city’s a wondrous toy
Just made for a girl and boy.
We’ll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.
I’ve been a long way from home and I can’t sleep at night
I’ve got a funny feeling something just ain’t right
I’ll just stand here watching the big city lights
'Cause the moment that he’s with me, time can take a flight
The moment that he’s with me, everything’s alright
Night time is the right time, we make love
Then it’s his and my time, we take off
My baby takes the morning train, he works from nine till five and then
He takes another home again to find me waitin’ for him
Take off, to the Great White North
Take off, it’s a beauty way to go
Two hundred twenty-two days of light
Will be desired by a night
A moment for the poet’s play
Until there’s nothing left to say
I wish for this night-time
Night time - turning out the sun
Countdown - pulsing like a machine
Conflict - cars and people, steel on flesh
Night time - desperations sweat on breath
Do you need a friend
Would you tell no lies
Would you take me in
Are you lonely in the dark
You cheat easily
Like sweet charity
And all of the bastards
The world despises
In newer disguises
You cheat easily
Like all charity
Disappointed a few people
When friendship reared its ugly head
Disappointed a few people
Well isn’t that what friends are for (What friends are for)?
A lie may well fool someone else
But it tells the truth about you to you
Like a game show contestant with a parting gift
I could not believe my eyes
When I saw through the voice of a trusted friend
Who needs to humor me and tell me lies
Yeah, humor me and tell me lies
Who’s next for the games and fun?
Hillbilly Earl, come on down, run
The redneck that sicked his dog on me
Now that’s gonna cost you a spin, buddy
Spin around and around it goes
Staple your lips shut, cut off your toes
Then I throw your corpse on top of the pile
Anything goes on the Joker’s Wild
I was there to match my intellect on national TV
Against a plumber, oh and an architect, both with a PhD
I was tense, I was nervous, I guess it just wasn’t my night
Art Fleming gave the answers
Oh, but I couldn’t get the questions right-ight-ight
I lost on Jeopardy, baby, ooh
I lost on Jeopardy, baby, ooh
Many a tear has to fall,
But it’s all in the game.
Andre has a red flag, Chiang Ching’s is blue
They all have hills to fly them on except for Lin Tai Yu
Dressing up in costumes, playing silly games
Hiding out in tree-tops shouting out rude names
If looks could kill they probably will
In games without frontiers-wars without tears
Gonna dress you up in my love
All over, all over
Gonna dress you up in my love
All over your body
All over you, all over me
The sun, the fields, the sky
I’ve often tried to hold the sea
The sun, the fields, the tide