Hey, hey, honey, what's on your mind
Well, you said that sleepin' with a poor band's not your style
Ain't that just a little unkind

Hey, Marlon Brando, what would you do in a spot like this
I don't play as your pawn tonight
Doin' the New York Hustle with a hundred dollar miss


Summer night in the city
New York girls they always make you feel so fine

There's music, and I can always hear it playin'
New York Nights and there's music in the streets


A doin' the Eighth Avenue Shuffle on a Friday afternoon
With the hum of a thousand engines
Singin' that old familiar tune

And now yakety yak and don't talk back
When a guy lay me down with my Pontiac
Tell those high school queens of mine that the

Prom was for your monkey shine

Try 'n' a catch a cab in New York City

New York girls are oh, so pretty
Try 'n' a catch a cab in New York City
New York girls make you feel so fine

Try 'n' a catch a cab in New York City
New York girls are oh, so pretty
Try 'n' a catch a cab in New York City

Music in the streets

Another night, another town

I'm out on the road and ther's no one around
And it's rainin', yeah, it's rainin'
Silence is all around

It's cold and lonely, oh darlin', if only I could feel it
Oh, can you feel it


Eighth Avenue Shuffle on a Friday afternoon
With the hum of a thousand engines
Singin' that old familiar tune

Hey, Marlon Brando, do you agree it feels so fine
Doin' the New York Hustle
These girls are doin' the monkey shine


Summer night in the city
New York girls they always make you feel so fine

There's music, and I can always hear it playin'
New York Nights and there's music in the streets