New York City spread herself before you
With her bangles and her spangles and her stars
You were impressed with the city so undressed

You had to go out cruising all the bars

Your business trip extended through the weekend

Suburban boy here for your first time
From the 27th floor above the midtown roar
You were dazzled by her beauty and her crime


And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Every dame you've ever known on late night TV

In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
Endlessly
New York is a woman she'll make you cry

And to her you're just another guy

Look down and see her ruined places

Smoke and ash still rising to the sky
She's happy that you're here but when you disappear
She won't know that you're gone to say goodbye


And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Every dame you've ever known on late night tv

In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
Desperately
New York is a woman she'll make you cry

And to her you're just another guy