What is it about you
You're big
You're loud

You're tough NYC

I go years without you

Then I can't get enough
Enough of the cab drivers answering back
In the language far from pure


Enough of frankfurters answering back
Brother, you know you're in NYC

Too busy, too crazy
Too hot, too cold, too late
I'm sold again on NYC


Come on you slowpokes
We gotta get to the Roxy before the prices change


NYC


The shadows at sundown
The roofs, that scrape, the sky


NYC

The rich and the rundown

The parade goes by

That other town has the Empire State

And a mayor, five foot two
No other town in the whole forty eight
Can half compare to you


Oh, NYC


You make 'em all postcards

You crowd, you cramp

You're still the champ
Amen For NYC, NYC
The shimmer of Times Square


The pulse, the beat
The drive, NYC


The city's bright
As a penny arcade

It blinks, it tilts, it rings

To think that I've lived here all of my life

And never seen these things

Oh, NYC

The whole world keeps coming

By bus, by train


You can't explain
Their yen for


Star to be NYC
Just got here this morning

Three bucks, two bags
One me NYC


I give you fair warning
Up there in lights I'll be
Go ask the Gershwins or Kaufman and Hart

The place they love the best
Though California pays big for their art


Their fan mail comes addressed to NYC
Tomorrow a penthouse
That's way up high

Tonight the "Y"
Why not? It's NYC

NYC


You're standing room only
You crowd, you cramp
You're still the champ
Amen For NY


Keep it quiet down there

NYC

Immediate seating, there is immediate seating


Popcorn, what do you say to some popcorn?
I haven't had popcorn since

Give in, don't fight

Good girl, good night
Sleep tight in NYC